Genera and Sj/ecies o/'Noctuldte. -115 



black and orange. Fore wiiii; black ; a rounded ycllowish- 

 \vliitc antcmcdial spot in cell, medial elliptical spot from 

 discal lolil to well Ih'Iow vein 2 and obliquely placed post- 

 medial spots beyond the angles of cell, the upper rounded, 

 the lower rather triangular; some silvery-blue irroration 

 below eosta to end of cell, short streak above base of vein 1, 

 medial s[)ots in and below cell and above vein ], discoidal 

 striga, slight curved postmedial series of spots, and two spots 

 at tornus ; cilia white at ai)ex and above tornus. Hind wing 

 orange, the basal, costal, and terminal areas black, the black 

 apical area expanding quadratcly into the cell to origin of 

 vein 2 and with bar-shaped yellowish-white spot on it between 

 veins 7 and -X; cilia with some white towards apex and above 

 vein 1. 



Hub. Formosa, Kanshirei {fVileman), 1 (^ type. Exp. 

 40 mm. 



Noctuidae. 



231 a. Agrotiphila tenera^ sp. n. 



cJ . Head, thorax, and abdomen clothed witli grey and 

 brownish hair ; antennae black. Fore wing grey irrorated with 

 reddish brown, the costal edge blackish towards base ; ante- 

 medial line brown, waved ; a small black spot at middle of 

 cell and rather diffused discoidal lunule ; postmedial line 

 brown, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, angled in- 

 Avards at discal fold and incurved below vein 4 ; some 

 blackish on costa towards apex ; subterminal line brown, 

 minutely dentate, incurved at discal fold; a fine brown 

 terminal line with blackish striaj on it. Hind wing grey 

 suffused with brown, the cilia whitish except at base ; the 

 underside grey irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal spot 

 and rather diffused postmedial line. 



Hub. Tibet, Lanark Valley, 15,000' {Bailey), 1 ^ type. 

 Eup. 22 mm. 



207 a. Micragrotis nigrisigna, sp. n, 



$ . Head and thorax black-brown, the tegulse with black 

 medial line ; the spurs and tarsi with whitish rings ; abdo- 

 men brown mixed with greyish, the ventral surface blackish. 

 Fore wing fuscous brown : double subbasal black striae from 

 costa ; antemedial line with double black striae from costa, 

 then indistinct, Avaved ; claviform small, defined by black 

 above and at extremity ; orbicular and reniform defined by 



