598 NOCTTJID.E. 



outwards in and below cell and more strongly above inner margin ; 

 the medial area suffused with black ; the orbicular and renitbrm 

 greyish, the former round ; the postmedial line black, oblique from 

 costa to vein 5, then incurved and dentate ; the subterminal line 

 defined by fuscous on inner side and with fuscous patch at costa, 

 angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal 

 punctiform line. Hind wing grey-brown irrorated with reddish 

 brown ; the cilia pinkish ; the underside with slight discoidal point 

 and sinuous postmedial series of j^oiuts on the veins. 



Ab. 1 . decipiens. $ . Head and thorax blue-grey irrorated with 

 dark brown ; fore wiiig much darker ; the subbasal, antemedial, and 

 postmedial lines indistinct, dark not black. 



Hah. U.S.A., Colorado (Snotu), 1 cj" , 1 $ , type and type decipiens, 

 New Mexico. Exp. 42 millim. 



*1041. Richia distichoides. 



Ammoconia distichoides, Grote, Trans. Kans. Ac. Sci. viii. p. 48 (1883) ; 

 Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 109. 



Uniform olivaceous grey. Fore wing slightly irrorated with black ; 

 the antemedial line distinct at costa, then indistinct, excurved in 

 interspaces ; stigmata approximated, indistinct, tinged with reddish ; 

 a medial shade angled outwards to lower angle of cell and 

 distinct from costa to median nervure : postmedial line represented 

 by a series of dark points on the veins ; subterminal line faint, dark, 

 arising from a trigonate black spot on costa ; an interrupted black 

 terminal line. Hind wing pale fuscous ; the cilia paler ; the 

 underside with discoidal spot and postmedial line represented by 

 slight streaks on the veins of costal area. 



Hah. U.S.A., Kew Mexico. Exp. 35 millim. This species is 

 unknown to me. 



1042. Richia chortalis. 



Agrotis chortnlis, Harr. Bull. Euff. Soc. Kat. Sci. ii. p. 272 (1875) ; id. iii. 



pp. 5, 74, pi. 3. f. 9 ; Siiiith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 108. 

 Aritmoconia aratrix. Harr. Bull. Baif. Soc. Nat. Sci. iii. p. 74, pi. 3. f. 8 



(1875). 



S . Head and thorax grey mixed with reddish brown ; palpi 

 black except towards extremity, sides of frons black : abdomen 

 grey, strongly irrorated with reddish brown, the anal tuft ochreous. 

 Fore wing brownish grey irrorated with dark brown ; a black point 

 at base of vein 1 ; an interrupted black subbasal line from below 

 costa to submedian fold ; the antemedial line black from costa to 

 submedian fold, angled outwards below costa and interrupted at 

 the veins, indistinct brownish, double and sinuous towards inner 

 margin ; claviform obsolete ; orbicular and reniform with pale 

 annuli and brownish outline, the former round, the latter large, an 

 indistinct medial line angled inwards in cell and outwards to lower 

 angle ; the postmedial line double, excurved from costa to vein 4, 

 then incurved : a pale subterminal line, defined by brownish on 



