472 NOCTUIDJE. 



809. Episilia coppingeii. (riate LXXII. fig. 15.) 

 PacAnohia coppingeri, Biitl. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 84. 



Head and thorax red-brown ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen 

 red-bi'own mixed with bLick. Fore wing deep red-brown, the 

 costal area rather paler rufous to the postmedial line ; the veins 

 ■with pale streaks ; indistinct waved subbasal and anteraedial dark 

 lines, the former ending at submedian fold ; claviform small, 

 greyish ; orbicular and reniform pale, the former elliptical, the 

 latter small ; traces of an oblique medial shade from lower angle 

 of cell to inner margin ; the postmedial line dentate, bent outwards 

 below costa, escurvcd to vein 4, then incurved ; the subtermiiuil 

 line defined by dqntate dark brown marks on its inner side, angled 

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

 dark points. Hind wing fuscous brown, with terminal series of 

 dark striae ; the underside whiter, with black discoidal lunule and 

 curved postmedial line. 



Hah. Patagonia, Straits of Magellan, Puerto Bucno (Coitinwjer), 

 1 c? type. Exp. 40 millim. 



810. Episilia frigida. 



Agrotis frigicla, Mab. Bull. Soc. Philom. 1885, p. GI ; id. Miss. Sci. Cap 

 Horn, vi. Lep. p. 14, pi. ii. f. -. 



S . Head and thorax bright rufous; mid and hind legs fuscous 

 brown. Pore wing bright rufous, suffused with violaceous grey 

 except on medial area, the terminal area irrorated with a few dark 

 scales ; the subbasal line red-brown, waved from costa to submedian 

 fold ; the antemedial line slightly waved and strongly angled inwards 

 on vein 1 ; the orbicular and reniform defined by whitish, the former 

 small, its u])per edge produced to a point on outer side ; the post- 

 medial lino dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, 

 then oblique and incurved in submedian interspace ; the subtcrminal 

 line oidy defined by the area beyond it being rather more violaceous ; 

 a terminal series of black points. Hind wing greyish, suffused 

 with dark reddish brown ; cilia reddish ; the underside with dark 

 discoidal lunule and curved sinuous postmedial line. 



Hah. Pat.\gonia, Maync Harbour {J.J. Walker), 1 J, Orange 

 Bay. Exp. 44 millim. Type t iii Mus. Paris. 



811. Episilia liilaris. (Plate LXXII. fig. IG.) 



Jgroth hilaris, Grote, Can. Eiit. xii. p. 153 (1880). 



Agrviis bulla, Grote, Bull. Gcol. Surv. vi. p. 160 (1883) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. 

 N. Am. p. 67. 



cT . Head and thorax clothed with grey and dark brown hair, 

 tipped M'ith white ; i)alpi bbck, tipped with whitish ; tcgulse with 

 blackish medial band; tarsi black, ringed with white; abdomen 

 grey-brown. Fore wing grey-brown irrorated with white ; the 

 aiitcmedial line whitish, oblique, slightly sinuous; claviform repre- 



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