470 NOCTTJID^. 



grej' hairs. Fore wing deep red-browu, the costal area to post- 

 medial line and veins rather paler ; some diffused black below base 

 of cell ; orbicular and reniform small, pale, the former elongate, 

 elliptical, the cell before and between them black ; traces of a 

 postmedial line bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, 

 then incurved ; the subterminal line angled outwards at vein 7 and 

 excurved at middle, defined by the area bej-ond it being grcjer ; 

 a terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous brown, the 

 cilia ochreous. Underside fuscous brown. 



§ . Fore wing with the costal area much greyer to the postmedial 

 line, the orbicular larger and confluent with costal area. 



Huh. Patagonia, Sts. of Magellan, Port Charrua (/. J. WaVcer), 

 1 (5 ; TiEBRA DEL FuEGO, type t in Mus. Paris. Exi^. 38 millim. 



805. Episilia typhlina. 



Aip-oiis fi/pMtna, Mtvb. Bull. Soc. I'bilom. ix. 1885, p. 58 ; id. Miss. Scient. 

 Clip Horn, vi. Lcp. p. \'l, pi. ii. f. 5. 



S . Head and thorax olive-brown to red-brown ; palpi blacki.sli 

 at sides ; tegulce whitish in front, with medial black band ; abdomen 

 rufous irrorated with black. Fore wing olive-brown ; a rufous 

 and black fascia below base of cell, attenuate at extremities ; a fascia 

 in lower part of cell from before middle to lower angle ; a fascia 

 above inner margin from near base to beyond middle, with another 

 above vein 1 from before middle to termen ; slight dark marks 

 above bases of veins 2 to 4, aud a series of dentate black marks 

 just before termen. Hind wing fuscous brown. Underside olive- 

 brown tinged with fuscous. 



Ilah. Patagonia, Straits of Magellan, Puerto Eueno {Copinngcr)^ 

 2 J . Kv2>. 4U millim. Type t in Mus. Paris. 



*806. Episilia ohlong:i;Ia. 



Koctua qiuidrangula, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1844, iii. p. 502, pi. 14. f. 2 (ncc 



Zett. 1840) ; HeiT.-Sclj;vff. fcjchuielt. Eur., Noct. f. VXk 

 Aijrotis ubIo)i(/i'.la, 8laud. Cut. Lep. pal. p. lo7 (IDUl;. 



(J . Head and thorax grey-brown with a slight reddish tinge ; 

 abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing grey-brown with slight dark 

 irroration ; the antemcdial line very indistinct, with dark spot on 

 costa, oblique to median ncrvure, where it is angled ; claviform 

 obsolete ; orbicular and reniform only defined by a rectangidar 

 black-l)rown patch between them in cell ; postmedial line very 

 indistinct, with dark spot at costa, bent outwards below costa, 

 excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on 

 costa ; faint traces of a subterminal line ; cilia dark brown. Hind 

 wing pale gre)"-brown. 



Hal. PussiA, Urals ; ? Armenia ; W. Turkestan, Ala Tau ; 

 Mongolia, Urga, in Coll. Oberthur. E,v^. 42 millim. 



