664 NOCTTJID^. 



a terminal series of black points ; cilia rufous, with a dark line 

 through them. Hind wing yellowish white, the costal area tinged 

 with fuscous ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with 

 fuscous, a discoidal point and cvirved postmedial series. 



5 . Hind wing with the terminal area suffused with fuscous from 

 costa to vein 2. 



Hah. Br. E. Africa, Kikuyu {Crcavshay)^ 2 c? , 1 5, type. Exp. 

 30 millim. 



*980. Lycophotia funehris. (Plate LXXVII. fig. 32.) 

 Fagitana funehris, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 236 (1894). 



$ . Head and thorax black-brown, some of the hairs tipped with 

 white ; fore tibiae above and tarsi ochreous ; abdomen ochreous, the 

 ventral surface blackish. Tore wing black-brown irrorated with 

 white, the base of inner margin ochreous ; a black discoidal lunule ; 

 an indistinct curved postmedial series of black points on the veins ; 

 a terminal series of slight black marks. Hind wing yellowish 

 white, the veins and terminal area tinged with fuscous ; a terminal 

 series of dark striae from apex to vein 2 ; the underside with the 

 costal area suffused and irrorated with dark brown, a postmedial 

 series of slight streaks on the veins. 



Hah. Brazil, Castro Parana, type t $ in Coll. Schaus. Exj). 

 42 millim. 



*981. Lycophotia sordescens. (Plate LXXV. fig. 18.) 



Agrotis sordescens, Staud. Iris, xii. p. 360 (1899) ; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 141. 



cJ . Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown and reddish 

 brown ; palpi blackish at sides except at tips ; tegulte with blackish 

 medial line with some dark brown before it ; abdomen brownish 

 grey. Fore wing pale fuscous with a purplish tinge, suffused and 

 irrorated with grey ; a subbasal black line from costa to submedian 

 fold angled inwards below median uervure ; a strong antemedial 

 black line, oblique towards costa and angled inwards on vein 1 ; 

 traces of a greyish claviform ; orbicular and reniform with grey 

 annuli very incompletely defined by brown, the former round, 

 a triangular black patch in cell between them, with a black spot 

 above it on costa ; traces of a medial shade ; postmedial line 

 marked by a black spot at costa, then indistinct, bent outwards 

 below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points 

 beyond it on costa ; an indistinct dark subterminal line angled 

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

 series of points ; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing 

 white ; the veins and terminal area tinged with brown ; the under- 

 side with the costal area irrorated with brown. 



Hah. AV. Turkestan, Sarawschan in Coll. Piingeler. Exp. 

 36 millim. 



