542 NOcxuiD-E. 



Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey ; palpi dark brown 

 except at base ; abdomen ochreous white, the ventral surface tinged 

 with rufous. Fore wiug grey tinged with pale rufous ; a curved 

 subbasal black line from costa to submedian fold interrupted at 

 cell ; a double subbasal line excurved from costa to submedian fold 

 and above inner margin, the outer Hue prominently black from 

 costa to submedian fold ; claviform often slightly dehncd by whitish 

 above ; orbicular and reniform large with narrow white annuli, the 

 former oblique, rather V-shaped, open above, the cell before and 

 between them black ; traces of a medial shade from cell to inner 

 margin ; a double postmedial line with a series of points on the 

 veins beyond it, arising from a small black spot on costa, excurved 

 from just below costa to vein 4, then oblique and sinuous ; the 

 subterminal line grey, defined by red-brown on inner side, angled 

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

 dark points. Hind wing ])ure white, the veins slightly tinged with 

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

 Ab. 1. spodia. Fore wing grey without rufous tinge. 

 Hah. Russia, Sarepta, 1 J, Urals, 1 J; W. Siberia, 2 c? , 1 $ , 

 Altai ; W. Turkestax, Turcomania, Ferghana, Tarbagatai Mts., 

 Ala-tau, Issyk-kul; E, Turkestan, Hi. Exp. 40-44 millim. 



*943, Lycophotia funcei. (Plate LXXIV. fig. 23.) 



A(jrotis fimla-i, Piiug. Deutsche ent. Zeit., Lep. xiv. p. LSI, pi. 2. ff. 1, 2 

 ■(1901). 



Head and thorax brownish grey thickly irrorated with black ; 

 palpi blackish at sides ; tarsi black with pale rings ; abdomen 

 brownish grey. Fore wing brownish grey thickly irrorated with 

 black ; i-he subbasal line represented by double black striae from 

 costa and cell ; antemedial line double, prominent, rather irregularly 

 waved and slightly oblique ; claviform strongly and diffusedly 

 defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the 

 former round, open above, the cell black before and between the 

 stigmata, a blackish streak in discoidal fold from reniform to sub- 

 terminal line; postmedial line double, minutely dentate, bent 

 outAvards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; sub- 

 terminal line indistinct, dentate, and defined on inner side by an 

 irregular series of dentate black marks, angled outwards at vein 7 

 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules. 

 Hind Aving whitish tinged with brown, the veins and terminal area 

 suffused with brown ; cilia white with brown line at base ; the 

 underside with the costal area irrorated with brown. 



Hah. W. TuRKESTAx, Sarawschan, type t in Coll, Piingeler. 

 Exp. 40 millim. 



944. Lycophotia pelliicidalis. (Plate LXXIV, fig, 24,) 



Agrotis pdlucidalis, Grote.Bull. Geol. Surv. vi. p. .567 (1882) ; Smith, Gat. 

 JNfoct. N. Am. p. 69. 



S . Head fulvous yellow ; palpi black, whitish at tips ; teguhe 

 fulvous at base, with brown medial line, the tips grey pencilled 



