602 NOCTTJID^. 



ochreons-Avhite annuli, the former round ; a slight medial shade ; 

 iwstmedial line double, minutely dentate, bent outwards below 

 costa, somewhat incurved at discal fold and strongly below vein 4; 

 subtermiiial line indistinct, pale, somewhat dentate, angled out- 

 wards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, defined at costa on inner 

 side by a blackish patch with pale points on it; a terminal series 

 of dark points. Hind wing ochrcous ; cilia pale rufous, the under- 

 side with the costal area tinged with rufous. 



Hah. Tibet, Kuku-noor, 1 d" , Amdo. Exp. 32 millim. 



868. Episilia isochroma, n. sp. (Hate LXXIII. fig. 20.) 



Head and thorax rufous ; abdomen greyish ochreous, the anal 

 tuft and ventral surface rufous. Fore wing ferruginous red, with 

 a few silvery-blue scales on inner and terminal areas; orbicular 

 represented by an obscure dark point, the reniform by a slight 

 lunule ; faint traces of a i»ostmcdial line bent outwards below costa, 

 incurved at discal fold and below vein 4 ; traces of a subterminal 

 line angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. Hind wing 

 ochreous white ; the costal area slightly tinged with fuscous and 

 the terminal area in female; cilia pale rufous ; tlie underside with 

 slight discoidal point and traces of postmcJial line. 



IJab. Tibet, Yatung {Ilohson), 1 J, 1 $ type. Exj^., J 28, 

 $ 30 millim. 



809. Episilia argillacea. (riate LXXIII. fig. 21.) 



Eicomor2>ha argillacea, Alpli. Ilor. Soc. Eut. Eoss. xxvi. p. 445 (1892); 



ISlaud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 141. 

 Agrotis decolor, iStaud. Iris, viii. p. 307 (1895). 



S. Head and thorax pale grey - brown ; abdomen ochreous. 

 Fore wing pale grey-brown, irrorated with a few dark scaks ; 

 traces of waved brown subbasal and antemedial lines ; orbicular 

 a small elliptical white annulus ; reniform indistinct, with a wliite 

 bar on ils inner edge ; faint traces of a pustmedial line ; a terminal 

 series of black points. Hind wing ochreous white with a brownisli 

 tinge ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, 

 a small discoidal spot and terminal series of points. 



Hah. Tibet, Kuku-noor, 1 J , Amdo. Exjj. 34 millim. 



870. Episilia violetta. (Plate LXXIII. fig. 22.) 

 Agrotis violetta, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, ]). 3 ; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 144. 



Head and thorax grey, suffused with purplish pijik ; pectus, legs, 

 and abdomen whitish. Fore wing grey, suffused with purplish 

 piidv and sliglitly irrorated with fuscous ; an indistinct waved sub- 

 basal line from costa to submedian fold; an indistinct double waved 

 antemedial line ; clavifonn an indistinct pale dash : orbicular and 

 reniform with fuscous centres and whitish annuli, the former small, 

 rounded ; postmcdial line dentate and produced to white points on 



