rxcoPHoTiA. 549 



black streak from ifc to postmediul line ; orbicular and reniforin 

 brownish ochreous defined hy l)lack, the former elliptical, the cell 

 before and between them l)lack, a black streak from the reniformto 

 the postmedial line, which is double, dentate, bent outwards below 

 costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; subteriuinal line ochreous 

 defined b^- black sutl'usion before it, angled outwards at vein 7 and 

 excnrved at middle, then an<iled inwards in submedian fold ; a ter- 

 minal series of small black luiiulcs. Hind wiug pale ochreous 

 suffused with fuscous brown ; the veins darker ; the cilia ochreous 

 white ; the underside whitish, the costal area irroratcd with brown, 

 a discoidal point and curved postmedial line on costal area. 



Ab. 1. defuncta. Browner ; fore wing with the markings more 

 distinct. — Issyk-kul, Hi. 



Ilab. Persia ; W. Turkestax, Ferghana, Issyk-kul, 1 $ ; 1^. 

 Turkestan, Hi. Ex2). 42-46 millim. 



949. Lycopliotia truculenta. (Plate LXXEV. fig. 26.) 



Agrotis truculenta. Led. Verb, zool.-bot. Ge.s. Wien, 1853, p. 367, pi. 3. f. 3 ; 

 Staud. Cat. Lep. pab p. 147. 



S . Head and thorax pale groy-broun mixed with black ; 

 patagia edged with blackish ; abdomen brownish grey. Fore wing 

 grey^ suffused with ochreous brown ; claviform a long narrow streak 

 extending almost to base and defined by black except above towards 

 base ; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and whitish 

 annuli, the former very elongate wedge-shaped and defined by black 

 except above towards base, the latter defined by black on inner side 

 and slightly on outer side and below ; some white points on costa 

 towards apex ; the subterminal line indistinct, whitish, dentate, 

 angled outwards at vein 7 and excnrved at middle, defined on 

 inner side by a series of wedge-shaped black marks ; a waved 

 terminal black line ; cilia whitish, with brown lines through them. 

 Hind wing white, the veins towards termen and a fine terminal line 

 brow^n ; the underside with the costal area irroratcd with brown. 



Hah. W. Siberia, 1 S , Zeller Coll., Altai ; W. Turkestan, Issyk- 

 kul 5 E. Turkestan, Hi. Exj}. 44 millim. 



050. Lycopliotia toxistigma, u. sp. (Plate LXXIV. fig. 27.) 



c? . Head and thorax pale brown mixed with black ; tegnlse with 

 black medial line and tips ; patagia edged with black ; tarsi banded 

 with black. Fore wing brownish white ; the veins streaked with 

 fuscous ; a black streak below base of cell confluent with the clavi- 

 form, which is elongate, defined by black and filled in with fuscous ; 

 subbasal line rej)resented by two black spots on costa, the antemedial 

 line by two black spots on costa and an angle above inner margin ; 

 cell filled in with fuscous; orbicular and reniform with brownish 

 centres and white annuli defined by black, the former diamond- 

 shaped, the latter large ; postmedial line represented by two black 

 spots on costa ; subterminal lino white, puuctiform, angled outwards 



