460 NOCTtJlD^. 



nervure and vein 1, the inner line weak; oiLicular and renifurm 

 obscurely defined by black and with black atreuk between theui in 

 lower j)art of cell ; the postmedial line indistinct, dentate, bent 

 outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incui'ved; some 

 blackish streaks in interspaces of terminal area ; the subterminal 

 line very indistinct, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved 

 at middle ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia intersected with 

 black, and with pale line at base. Hind wing pale brown ; a fine 

 dark terminal line and line at base of cilia ; the underside whiter, 

 the costal area irrorated with brown ; a dark discoidal lunule and 

 curved postmedial series of short streaks on the veins. 



Hah. Mexico, Jalapa (Hocye), 1 c? , 1 5 type, Uodman-Salvin 

 Coll. E.vp. 50-54 millira. 



790. Agrotis havilae. (Plate LXXII. fig. 8.) 



Agrotis clandcstina, var. havilcB, Gi-otc, Bull. Geol. Surv. vi. p. 157 (1830) ; 

 Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 76. 



Head and tegulae reddish brown, the latter tipped with grey ; 

 thorax and abdomen grey-brown mixed with grey. Pore wing 

 grey-brown irrorated with grey and fuscous ; a more or less deve- 

 loped black streak below base of cell ; the double subbasal line only 

 indicated at costa ; the double antemedial line more or less strongly 

 dentate, the dentitions increasing in length towards inner margin ; 

 claviform obsolete ; orbicular and reniform more or less com^jletely 

 defined by black and either small or well-developed, the former 

 longitudinally elliptical and sometimes connected with the reniform; 

 the postmedial line minutely dentate, defined by grey on outer side, 

 bent outwards below costa, then excurved to vein 4, and angled 

 inwards in discal and submedian folds ; the subterminal line indis- 

 tinct, grey, angled outwards on veins 0, 4, and 3 and crossed by 

 dark streaks on the veins ; a terminal series of dark points. Hind 

 wing brown ; the cilia white with brown line at base ; the underside 

 greyer, with dark irroration on costal area and dark discoidal point. 



Hah. U.S.A., Colorado (Cocl-ereU), 3 ?, Nevada, 1 (S type, 

 S. California, 1^,3$. Exj). 38-48 millim. 



791. Agrotis lucens. (Plate LXXII. fig. 9.) 

 Spalotis lucens, Butl. Trans. Ent. See. 1881, p. 179. 



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

 legs blackish, the tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen reddish brown 

 irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing grey sufi'used with fuscous 

 brown aud irrorated with black ; a double waved subbasal line 

 from costa to submedian fold ; a similar antemedial line filled in 

 with greyish and angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform very 

 indistinct, greyish ; orbicular and reniform with greyish annuli 

 defined by black, the former small, round ; postmedial line 

 double, filled in with greyish, dentate and produced to points on 

 the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then 

 incurved ; a dentate grey subterminal line slightly angled outwards 



