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cinereous marginal band ; this band is undulating along the inner 

 border, of which the fore part is accompanied by a black streak. 

 Hind wings brownish cinereous ; under side whitish, with a brown 

 tip. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



15. AGROTIS TRANSVERSA. Mas. Pallide testaceo-cinerea, capite 

 nigro-bifasciato, palpis oblique ascendentibus articulo 2o extus nigro 

 3o lineari, antennis pectinatis, thoracis tegulis anticis nigricante 

 cinereis linea transversa uridulata nigra tegulis posticis longis iutus 

 nigro marginatis, pectore albo dense vestito, femoribus fimbriatis, 

 alis anticis strigis plurirnis transversis fasciisque duabus indeter- 

 minatis fuscis rnaculis costalibus macula basali orbiculari et reni- 

 formi nigricantibus lunulis marginalibus nigris, alis posticis albidis 

 puncto discoidali liueis duabus exterioribus apiceque fuscescentibus. 



Male. Pale testaceous-cinereous. Head with two black bands. 

 Palpi obliquely ascending, not rising higher than the vertex ; second 

 joint mostly black on the outer side; third linear, much shorter 

 than the second. Antenna) moderately pectinated. Fore tegula? 

 blackish cinereous, with a black transverse undulating line ; hind 

 tegula? long, detached, with a black line near the interior border. 

 Pectus densely clothed with white hairs. Abdomen whitish, extending 

 rather beyond the hind wings : tip above black ; appendages well 

 developed. Legs whitish, slender ; posterior femora broadly fringed ; 

 fore femora most densely fringed, the hairs black towards the base ; 

 tarsi and anterior tibia? with black bands. Fore wings with 

 numerous transverse brown streaks and with two irregular brown 

 bands; first band antemedial, abbreviated towards the costa; some 

 blackish costal spots and a blackish basal spot ; orbicular and reni- 

 form marks blackish, large, of the usual form ; marginal lunules 

 black ; anterior border slightly rounded and oblique. Hind wings 

 whitish, with a brownish discal point, with two pale brownish lines 

 near the exterior border, and with brownish tips. Length of the 

 body 6 lines ; of the wings 17 lines. 



16. ANCHOSCELIS BTCOLOR. Fccm. Rufescente fulva, palpis latis 

 porrectis caput paullo superantibus extus uigris articulo 3o longi- 

 coriico, antennis subpubescentibus, pectore pedibusquc nigris, ab- 

 domine ciiiereo, alis anticis gutta basali macula discoidali postmedia 

 lineisque nonnullis indistinctis undulatis transversis nigricantibus 

 lineis duabus indistinctis e punctis nigricantibus 2a marginali linea 

 submarginali undulata pallide cerviua, alis posticis nigricantibus 

 fimbria cervina. 



Female. Reddish tawny, stout. Proboscis pale testaceous. Palpi 

 broad, porrect, extending a little beyond the head, black on the outer 

 side; third joint elongate-conical, very much narrower than the 



