482 NocTurDJ!. 



before and below the orbicular and between it and rcniform being 

 rufons, the former rounded, the latter with slight fuscous mark at 

 its lower extremit}- ; the postmcdial line indistinct, dentate, and 

 ])roduced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and 

 oblique below vein 4 ; the subterminal line ver}' indistinct, waved, 

 tlie veins beyond it with slight dark streaks; a terminal series of 

 points. Hind wing ])ale fuscous, the cilia rufous ; the underside 

 pale rufons irroratcd with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and traces 

 of a curved postmedial line. 



Hah. TiiiKT, Yatung (Ihhsoii), 2 J: Sncnur {FAivcs), 2 5 type, 

 E.vjy. 34-10 millim. Typo f J in Coll. Elwes. 



829. Episilia hersi. 



Aqr(>tif.1icrzl ChrisL Iris, vi. p. 90 (1803); Alpli. Eom. Mom. ix. pi. 11. 

 "f. 7 ; Stand. Caf. Lep. pal. p. 141. 



S . Head and Ihorax pale reddish brown mixed with grey : palpi 

 rufous, pale at tips ; abdomen greyish fuscous, the anal tuft ochreous. 

 Fore wing i)a]e olive grey-brown, suffused in parts with rufous 

 especially towards terraen ; a waved rufous antemedial line, oblique 

 from costa to submedian fold ; orbicular and reniform defined by 

 rufous, the former round, the latter suffused with rufous ; an oblique 

 dift'used line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; the post- 

 medial line sHghtly Avjived, bent outwards below costa, excurvcd to 

 vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line slightly waved, only defined 

 by dark suffusion on its inner edge ; a dark terminal line. Hind 

 wing iuscous brown ; the cilia yellowish white : the underside 

 greyish suftused with fuscous, and with rufous towards costa, a 

 dark discoidal lunule and traces of curved postmedial and subterminal 

 linos. 



llah. !MoxGnLTA, Uliassutai, 1 J, Changai Mts. ; S.E. Siiieuia. 

 Exj). 32 millim. 



830. Episilia coturnicula. (Plate LXXIT. fig. 20.) 



Agrotis coturnicula, Graes. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1802, p. 210; Staiul. Cat. Lep. 

 pil. p 142. 



S • Head, thorax, and abdomen pale reddish brown Avith an 

 olive tinge ; palpi bright rufous, pale at tips. Fore wing pale 

 rufous ; the subbasal line represented by a rufous point on costa ; 

 the antemedial line rufous, angled outwards below costa, in sub- 

 median fold and above inner margin ; orbicular and reniform 

 defined by rufous, large, the former irregularly rounded, the latter 

 with rufous centre ; a medial shade angled at lower angle of cell ; 

 postmedial line produced to slight points on the veins, bent out- 

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

 line indistinct, with darker rufous patch on its inner side at costa, 

 slightly angled at vein 7 and incurved below vein 3 ; a fine terminal 

 line. Hind wing fuscous brown, paler towards base and inner 

 margin; cilia yellowish white; the underside whitish, the costal 



