440 NOCTtJIDJ!. 



and at postmedial line to vein 3; orbicular and reaiform fuscous 

 black, with slight brownish annuli defined by black, the former 

 elliptical, open above, the latter angled inwards on median nervure, 

 the cell before and between them black ; postmedial line pale 

 ochreous, defined on each side by black, bent outwards below costa, 

 excurvcd to vein 4, then oblique ; some pale points on costa towards 

 apes ; the subterminal line defined by the area beyond it being 

 brownish, excurved at vein 7 and middle; a series of black points 

 just before termen. Hind wing ochreous, tinged with fuscous brown 

 especially towards termen ; cilia white ; underside whitish, the 

 costal area irrorated with brown, a curved postmedial line and 

 terminal fuscous band, 



JIab. Canada, Calgary (WoUey-Dod), 3 J , 3 $. Krj^ 3G 

 millim. 



756. Agrotis coelebs. (Plate LXXI. fig. 19.) 



Agrotis coelebs, Staud. Iris, sii. p. 360, pi. 6. f. 4 (1900). 

 Agrotis juvenis, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 141 (1901). 



cJ . Head and thorax clothed with black, brown, and grey scales ; 

 tarsi banded with black ; abdomen grey, ventrally blackish. Fore 

 wing grey, suifused with black, leaving grey streaks on the veins to 

 the postmedial line ; subbasal line defined by grey on outer side, 

 waved from costa to submedian fold where there is a black patch 

 beyond its extremity ; antemedial line indistinctly double, waved 

 and angled outwards above inner margin ; claviform an indistinct 

 elongate pale streak obscurely defined by black ; orbicular and reui- 

 form small, with brownisli centres and grey annuli defined by 

 black, the former round, the cell before and between them blackish ; 

 postmedial line minutely waved, defined by grey on outer side, bent 

 outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; subterminal 

 line indistinct, grey, with obscure dentate blackish marks before it ; 

 a terminal series of black points. Hind wing white, the costal and 

 terminal areas tinged with brown ; the underside with the costal 

 area irrorated with fuscous. 



Hah. Asia Minor, Taurus, Zeitun, 1 J ; ? Persia. Exp. 30 

 millim. 



757. Agrotis limenia. 



Agroth Umcnia. Bruce, P. Z. S. 1800, p. 514 ; id. Eiol. Centr.-Ain., Het. ii. 

 p. 482, pi. 154. f. 3. 



Head, thorax, and fore w'ing ochreous brown, red-brown, or 

 purplish brown ; palpi with fuscous patches at sides ; abdomen red- 

 brown, dorsally suifused with fuscous. Fore wing with comma- 

 shaped grey-edged deep black spot below base of cell, its tail towards 

 base ; the subbasal line represented by a slight striga on costa ; the 

 antemedial line much nearer base than usual, very indistinct, angled 

 outwards below costa, then bent inwards ; the orbicular represented 

 by a dark or dark-edged white point; reuiform whitish, its centre 



