AGROTIS. 



457 



reniform outlined with black, the former round, open above, the latter 

 with large blackish spot on its outer edge; the postmedial line 

 dentate, with some pale scales on its outer edge, bent outwards 

 below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; an indistinct greyish 

 subterminal line excurved below costa. Hind wing yellowish white, 

 the veins and terminal area tinged with brown ; the underside irro- 

 ratfcd with brown, with discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. 

 2 . Abdomen darker ; hind wing fuscous brown. 

 Hal. U.S.A., Colorado,! d , 1 $ , California, Sierra Nevada, 1 $ 

 type. Exp. 46-48 millim. 



*784. Agrotis aucta. 



Agrotis aucta, Alpb. Roui. Mem. vi. p. 25, pi. 2. f. 3 (1892) ; Staud. Cat. 

 Lep. pal. pp. lo6, 254. 



Head and thorax pale brownish grey, sometimes with a reddish 

 tinge ; abdomen brownish white. Fore wing brownish grey, some- 

 times with a slight reddish tinge ; subbasal line represented by two 

 slight strife from costa ; traces of a double, waved, antemedial line 

 angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform defined by a few dark scales 

 at its extremity ; orbicular and reniform large, slightly defined by 

 fuscous, the former open above ; postmedial line indistinct or nearly 

 obsolete, dentate, and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards 

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

 defined by a dark shade on its inner side, angled outwards at 

 vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of black 

 points. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal half suffused 

 with brown, the iiiuer area with an ochreous tinge; cilia white; 

 the underside white, the costal area irrorated with brown ; a dis- 

 coidal lunule and postmedial series of points on the veins. 



11 ah. Tibet, Ivuku-nour, in Coll. Ptingeler ; W. CniNA. Exy. 

 48 millim. 



785. Agrotis squalida. (Plate LXXTI. fig. 5.) 



Agrotis squalida, Guen. Noct. i. p. 300(1852) ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 13(). 

 Agrotis confinis, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1881, p. 422. 



Head and thorax pale brown ; abdomen brownish white. Fore 

 wing brownish grey irrorated with dark brown ; an indistinct waved 

 subbasal line from costa to submedian fold : the antemedial lino 

 twice angled inwards in cell, excurved below cell and angled strongly 

 inwards on vein I : orbicular and reniform almost obsolete ; traces 

 of a medial shade ; the postmedial line dentate and produced to 

 points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, 

 then incurved ; a slight subterminal shade, very slightly angled 

 outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of 

 points. Hind wing whitish suft'used with pale brown, especially 

 towards margins ; veins brown ; the underside whiter, with post- 

 medial series of white points on the veins. 



Other spcfimons have the head and thorax much darker ; fore 

 wing irrorated with fuscous, tlie antemedial line double, the clavi- 



