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the subterminal line dark, defined b}' the area beyond it being rufous 

 except at apex, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at 

 middle ; the terraen sometimes with some white points. Hind wing 

 semihyaline wliite ; the costal and inner areas and tormen tinged 

 Avith ochreous or fuscous; the underside with the costal area irro- 

 rated with fuscous. 



Hah. Mexico, Jalapa (Trujillo), 3 c? ; Panama, Chiriqui (Cham- 

 pion), 1 2 5 (jiodiuan-.Salvin Cull. ; Vkxkzuela, 1 6 ; Brazil, 1 S , 

 Organ Mts., Tijvca (Wagner), I c? ; ? hab., 1 iS t)-\)Q prodenoides. 

 Exj). 44 millim. 



961. Lycopliotia iiifecta. 



Agrotis infccfa, Ocbs. Si.'hiiiett. Eur. iv. ]). 67 (ISIG). 



Niivtaa prtecox, Hubii. Samiiil. Eur .Scbmett., Noct. f. 359 (1827), tiec Linn. 



Jgrucia inciuia, Giien. Noct. i. p. 274 (1852); Smitli, Cat. Noct. N. Aui. 



p. 70 ; Druce, liiol. Centr.-Amer., Het. i. ]>. 284. 

 lAiphygma 'prcet.-ipna, Wlk. Oliar. Undescr. Het. p. 29 (1860). 

 Gruphiphura bartholemica, WUgrn. LEfv. Vet.-Akad. Foi-li. 1871, p. 915. 

 Anida alahamce, Grote, Bull. EutK Soc. N. Sci. ii. p. 159 (1874). 

 rrodenia 2MU[)cr, Biitl. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 485. 

 Agrotis muliiia, Moscbl. Abli. Seufk. Ges. xiv. (3) p. 47 (1886). 

 Aaicla mahalpa, Scliaus, J. N. Y. Eut. Soc. vi. p. 109 (1898). 



Head and thorax grey, irrorated Avith a few dark scales; palpi 

 black except at extremitj' ; teguhe with the basal half black ; mid 

 and hind tibia) and tarsi suffused with black above ; abdomen 

 whitish tinged with brown, the an^l tuft fulvous. Fore wing 

 ochreous grey or violaceous grey, more or less strongly irrorated 

 and striated with fuscous; the subbasal and antemedial lines 

 usuall}^ represented by black points on the costa, sometimes trace- 

 able ; claviform obsolete ; orbicular and reniform small, gi-ey with 

 fulvous annuli, the former round, the latter with one black point in 

 upper portion and two in lower ; the postmedial line represented by 

 a curved series of black points, sometimes connected by a minutely 

 dentate line ; the subterminal line pale, angled outwards at vein 7 

 and excurved at middle, with rufous or dark brown suffusion beyond 

 it and often on its inner edge, leaving the apex grey. Hind wing 

 semihyaline white, the costa and termcn tinged with brown ; the 

 underside with tlie costal area irrorated with brown. 



Hah. U.S.A., Massachusetts, Illinois, Alabama, 1 S type alahamce, 

 Mississippi, Kansas, 1 c? , 2 $ , Texas, Dallas, 1 d , Washington, 

 California, Florida, St. John's Bluff (Douhleday), 1 J, 3 $ type 

 incivis; Eekmuba, ' Challenger' Coll., 2 5 ; Jamaica {Boiury), 1 cJ 

 type prt?-<p«r, Gordon Town {Kai/e), 1 2 - Haiti (Tiveedic), 1 c? ; St. 

 JiTTciA. (Maj. Coivie), 2 2 '■, Crenada (//. H. ISmith), 2 $ : livRnADos 

 (Fravipfou), 2 $ ; Mexico, Jalapa (Trnjillo), 1 J , 2 5 ; Guatemala 

 (Jiodri(/uez), 1 c? ; Panama, Chiricjui (Champion), 1 J , Godman- 

 Salvin Coll.; Venezuela, Caracas, 1 cJ ; Brazil, Sao Paulo (Jones), 

 1 d", 1 2, Parana, type f mahaJpa in Coll. Schaus ; Argentina, 

 Goya (Perrins), 1 2 > Pj^RU, Lima, 1 2 fyp6 prcecipua. Exp. 

 34-42 millim. 



Larva. Frencli, Can. Ent. xii. p. 11 (18s0), as luhricava, in error; Uyar, 

 Can. Ent. xxvi. p. 18(1894). 



Head pale green with brownish reticulations, curved vertical 



