582 Sir G. F. Hampson on new 



440 a. Euxoa phceochroa, sp. n. 



$ . Head and thorax dark red-brown slightly mixed with 

 greyish; tarsi ringed with white; abdomen reddish brown 

 tinged with grey, the ventral surface whitish irrorated with 

 brown. Fore wing dark red-brown tinged with grey ; 

 blackish subbasal spots on costa and below the cell ; ante- 

 medial line with double blackish spots at costa, then waved 

 and strongly angled outwards above inner margin ; orbicular 

 a small brown spot ; reniforra faintly defined by brown ; a 

 diffused brown medial line, oblique to lower angle of cell, 

 then waved; postmedial line with small blackish spot at 

 costa, slightly bent outwards below costa, then dentate, ex- 

 curved to vein 4, then oblique, some pale points beyond it 

 on costa; subterminal line faint, pale defined on inner side 

 by very slight dentate red-brown marks, excurved below 

 vein 7 and at middle, the area beyond it slightly darker ; 

 cilia reddish ochreous with brown lines near base and at 

 middle. Hind wing white tinged with red-brown ; a slight 

 discoidal spot, curved postmedial line, and a terminal line ; 

 the underside with the costal area irrorated with blackish, 

 the postmedial line diffused. 



Hub. Peru, Acopampa (JVatkins), 1 <$ type. Exp. 

 30 mm. 



772 a. Agrotis griseofusca, sp. n. 



$ . Head and thorax glossy black-brown ; pectus and legs 

 black-brown, the tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen pale 

 ochreous, the ventral surface suffused with brown. Fore 

 wing black-brown with a silvery blue-grey gloss ; antemedial 

 line fine, black, very highly dentate outwards in the inter- 

 spaces and inwards on the veins, the tooth in cell extending 

 nearly to the reniform, which is small, with blackish centre 

 and ochreous annulus defined by black ; postmedial line 

 indistinct, black, bent outwards below costa, then produced 

 to short streaks on the veins, incurved below vein 4 ; the 

 veins of terminal area slightly streaked with black ; a ter- 

 minal series of minute black points. Hind wing pure white, 

 the costa and cilia towards apex fuscous ; the underside with 

 the costal area irrorated with brown except at base. 



Hab. Br. E. Africa, Nairobi [Anderson), 1 J type. 

 Exp. 30 mm. 



772 b. Agrotis rufescens, sp. n. 



cJ . Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous mixed with some 

 dark brown; antenna? blackish ; legs dark brown, the tarsi 



