AGROTIS. 181 



Eyes naked and without lashes ; proboscis fully formed ; palpi 

 obliquely porrect, the 2nd joint evenly scaled, the 3rd prominent. 

 Thorax and abdomen without tufts, the latter somewhat flattened. 

 Tibiae very strongly spined. Fore wing with the outer margin 

 not crenulate ; hind wing with veins 3 and 4 from cell. 



SECT. I. (Agrotis). Males with the antennae bipectinate, 

 the branches of moderate length. 



1620. Agrotis segetis, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 252; id. Wien. Verz. 81. 



12, tigs. 3 , b ; C- $ S. no. 2000. 

 Caradrina triturata, Wlk. Cat. x, p. 295. 

 Agrotis aversa, Wlk. Cat. x, p. 345 ; C. 8f S. no. 1982. 

 Agrotis marginalis, Wlk. Cat. x, p. 339. 

 Agrotis ohliviosa, Wlk. Cat. x, p. 340. 

 Agrotis dividens, Wlk. Cat. x, p. 342. 

 Agrotis correcta, Wlk. Cat. x, p. 345 ; C. fy S. no. 1987. 

 Agrotis conspurcata, Wlk. Cat. xxxii, p. 696 ; C. 8f S. no. 1986. 

 Agrotis repulsa, Wlk. Cat. xxxii, j>. 696 ; C. 8f S. no. 1999. 

 Agrotis certificata, Wlk. Cat. xxxii, p. 697. 

 Agrotis lassa, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1886, p. 444 ; C. $ S. no. 1993. 



Whitish brown, pale brown, or fuscous ; palpi darker at sides ; 

 collar with dark line ; abdomen whitish. Fore wing with double 

 waved subbasal ante- and postmedial lines ; an obscure waved 

 submarginal line and marginal series of specks ; the orbicular and 



Fig. 117. Agrotis segetis, $. \. 



reniform with dark centres and edges ; the claviform small and 

 black ; all these markings being much obscured in the dark speci- 

 mens. Hind wing iridescent white with dark marginal line, and 

 in some specimens with dark suffusion on the margin. 



Jlab. Europe ; and throughout India and Ceylon. Exp. 42-48 

 millim. 



1621. Agrotis corticea, Schiff. Wien. Verz. 81. 13. 



Agrotis fraterna, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 116 ; C. # S. no. 1988. 



Differs from segetis in the antemedial double lines of the fore 

 wing being prominent ; the hind wing tinged with fuscous brown. 



Hob. Europe ; Madagascar ; N.W. Himalayas ; Sikhiin ; 

 Kagas ; Nilgiris. Exp. 40-42 millim. 



