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line represented by slight striae from costa and cell ; traces of a 

 waved antemcfli;il line with two more prominent points at costa; 

 cluviform sli::htly defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with 

 fuscons centres and white annuli defined by fuscous, the former 

 small, round, the latter with fuscous patch in its lower jiart ; post- 

 medial line indistinct, dentate, Avith more prominent points at the 

 veins, bent outwards below costa, excurvcd to vein 4, then incurved ; 

 the subterminal line white, with a fuscous patch beyond it at middle, 

 angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4 and '3; a terminal 

 series of black points. Hind wing white, the veins tinged with 

 fuscous ; a terminal fuscous-black band narrowing to tornus ; the 

 underside with the costal area irrorated with fuscous, a difiused 

 subtorniinal band. 



JIab. U.S.A., Utah, Stockton, co-type t d 5 in Coll. llothschild, 

 Exj). 34 millim. 



1167. Scotogramma implexa. 



Foctiia implexn, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noet. f. 414 (1827) ; Alpb. Eom. 



Mem. V. p. 233. pi. xii. f. 1 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 1.58. 

 Apamea fallovi, Obertb. Et. Ent. i. p. 45, pi. 4. f. 2 (1876). 



Head and thorax ferruginous red-brown mixed with a few white 

 scales ; abdomen greyish tinged with red-brown, Fore wing 

 ferruginous red-brown irrorated with white scales, especially on 

 the costal area, and veins ; an indistinct waved white snbbasal 

 line ; antemedial line waved, white, somewhat oblique ; claviform 

 absent ; orbicular and reniform moderate, brown prominently 

 defined by white, the former round, the latter somewhat constricted 

 at middle ; postmedial line defined bj'^ whitish on outer side, 

 minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, 

 then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal 

 line tine, waved, white, somewhat angled outwards at vein 7 and 

 excurved at middle ; a fine waved white terminal line. Hind wing 

 pale, suffused with reddish brown ; a curved whitish postmedial line 

 and a slight waved whitish terminal line ; the underside whitish 

 irrorated with red-brown. 



Hah. Hungary ; S. Russia ; Algeria, type t fallovi in Coll. 

 Oberthiir ; Armenia; Syria; Transcaucasia, Gcok Tepe, 1 J. 

 Kv2y. 34 millim. 



1168. Scotogramma peciiliaris. 



Mamestra pcculiaris, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 16 ; id. Cat. Lep. 

 pal. p. 159. 



S. Fore wing gi'ey-white mixed with some blackish; frons 

 with blackish bar above ; tegulse with black medial line and tips ; 

 patagia edged with black ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen 

 ochreous white irrorated with yellow-brown. Fore wing whitish, 

 suffused with yellow-brown and irrorated with blackish ; subbasal 

 line double, filled in with white, Avaved and extending to vein 1 ; 

 an oblique black striga above inner margin near base ; the ante- 



