436 NocTUiD^. 



748. Agrotis melancliolica. (Plate LXXI. fig. 14.) 



Aqrofis melancJiolica, Led. Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1853, p. 367, pi. 4. 

 ■ f. 3 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 141. 



5 . Head and thorax dark brown, the scales tipped with grey ; 

 palpi pale at tips, tegulae ochreous at base ; tarsi with pale rings ; 

 abdomen ochreous. Fore wing purplish fuscous with a greyish 

 tinge ; the subbasal line black, from costa to subniedian fold, defined 

 ■by grey on outer side and with a black spot beyond its lower 

 extremity ; the antemedial line defined by greyish on each side, 

 oblitjue from costa to subcostal nervure, where it is obtusely angled 

 and strongly cxcurvcd above inner margin ; claviform diffused, 

 blackish : orbicular and reniform with slight ochreous annuli defined 

 by black, the former obliqiie, elliptical, the latter constricted at 

 middle, the cell before and between them and some streaks from 

 reniform to postmedial line black-brown ; an oblique waved line 

 from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line minutely 

 dentate, defined by grey on outer side and wdth a line evenly 

 curved line just beyond it, bent outwards below costa, excurved to 

 vein 4, then oblique ; the subterniinal line defined by fuscous suf- 

 fusion and fine black streaks on its inner side, angled outwards at 

 vein 7, excurved at middle, and angled inwards in submedian fold ; 

 some pale points on costa towards apex ; a fine waved terminal 

 line ; cilia ochreous and fuscous. Hind wing pale silky yellow, a 

 slight curved postmedial line, with the area beyond it tinged with 

 fuscous ; the iinderside with the line more distinct, the costal and 

 terminal areas suffused with fuscous. 



Hah. W. SiBEKi.\, Altai, 1 § , Zcller Coll. ; Tibet, Ivuku-noor, 

 Amdo ; Amueland, Ussuii. Exp. 36 millim. 



749. Agrotis sareptana. 



Agrotis sareptana. Ilerr.-ScliafF. Schmett. Eur. ii. p. 359, Noct. f. 546 

 (1845); Staud. Cat. Lep. p;il. p. 139. 



5 . Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with grey, the tips 

 of patagia and thoracic crests grey ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen 

 grey-brown. Fore wing grey, irrorated with fuscous and tinged 

 with purplish, the terminal area fuscous grey; a subbasal patch 

 below the cell formed of black scales ; the antemedial line indis- 

 tinct, sinuous ; claviform grey, with some black scales at its origin 

 on outer edge of antemedial line and at its extremity ; orbicular 

 and reniform with slender Avhite annuli defined by black, the former 

 obli(]ue, elliptical, open above, the cell before and between them 

 black ; an indistinct oblique line from lower angle of cell to inner 

 margin ; the postmedial line slightly bent outwards below costa, 

 excurved to vein 4, then incurved, defined by the area beyond it 

 being darker; some pale points on costa towards apex ; the sub- 

 terminal line fine, grey, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at 

 middle. Hind wing grey suftuscd with fuscous brown, especially 



