186 



1638. Agrotis cervina, Moore, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 47, pi. 6, fig. 18; 



C. $ 8. no. 1704. 



c? . Head and thorax purplish grey ; palpi and pectus bright 

 chestnut; abdomen reddish. .Fore wing purplish grey; a double 

 subbasal chestnut line with a speck beyond it ; double curved 

 antemedial and slightly vinous postmedial lines, the area between 

 them suffused with chestnut ; the orbicular grey, large, and oblique ; 

 the reniform dark and indistinct ; an indistinct waved chestnut 

 sub marginal line ; a marginal series of specks ; cilia reddish. 

 Hind wing and underside reddish brown ; the latter with post- 

 medial line to both wings. 



Hob. Sikhim. Exp. 46 millim. 



1639. Agrotis albipennis, Butl. III Set. vii, p. 58, pi. 127, fig. 13. 



Pale red-brown ; palpi chestnut at sides ; collar with dark edge ; 

 abdomen pale, chestnut at extremity. Fore wing pale red-brown ; 

 the subbasal line deep black from costa to above vein 1 ; the ante- 

 medial waved line very oblique, narrowing from a deep black spot 

 on costa ; the orbicular and reniform defined by fine lines and 

 incomplete above and below, the latter with a dark line in centre ; 

 claviform defined by a fine line ; an obliquely curved medial line 

 with a diffused darker shade beyond it ; the postmedial line slightly 

 waved and incurved at vein 3, arising from a black speck on costa ; 

 submarginal and marginal lines, the former slightly angled below 

 costa, where there is a dark shade inside it. Hind wing ochreous 

 white in male, fuscous in female. 



Hob. Dharmsala. Exp. 40 millim. 



1640. Agrotis putris, Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 850 ; Buckler, Brit. Butt. 



Moths, pi. 52, fig. 5 (larva). 



Axylia lignosa, Hubn. Eur. Sclimett. Noct. fig. 245. 

 Axylia triseriata, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1888, p. 409 ; C. $ S. 



no. 1715 A. 



Head and collar whitish red-brown ; thorax red-brown ; abdomen 

 fuscous. Fore wing ochreous white ; the costal area suffused 

 with red-brown ; the basal area streaked with red-brown as far as 

 the highly dentate double antemedial line ; orbicular and reniform 

 with dark centres and outline ; claviform dentate and obsolescent ; 

 the postmedial line consisting of a series of small lunules, the 

 submarginal line of a double series of specks ; a marginal series of 

 specks with some red-brown marks on margin. Hind wing whitish 

 with slight brown suffusion. 



Larva fuscous ; the head black ringed with yellow ; thoracic 

 somites with two pairs of dark stripes ; the other somites with sub- 

 dorsal and lateral series of black spots and pale sublateral line ; 

 some yellow on 4th and anal somites. Another form has black 

 specks on the thoracic somites and dark double dorsal bands and 



