Genera and Species of Noctuidie. 583 



slightly ringed with white ; ventral surface of abdomen 

 suffused with dark brown. Fore wing rufous slightly irro- 

 rated with brown; the costal area suffused with black-brown 

 except at apex, interrupted at the lines ; a minute whitish 

 spot at base of costa defined on outer side by black; sub- 

 basal line represented by double oblique black striae filled in 

 with white from costa and a whitish spot below the cell, a 

 fine sinuous black streak in submedian fold from it to the 

 antemedial line, which is double, brown filled in w 7 ith whitish, 

 very highly angled outwards in the interspaces and inwards 

 on the veins ; orbicular and reniform small, rounded, and 

 defined by black, closely approximated and connected by a 

 black streak in discal fold ; postmedial line double, brown 

 filled in with whitish, bent outwards below costa, then 

 minutely dentate, incurved below vein 4 and angled outwards 

 at vein 1, some minute white points beyond it on costa, and 

 blackish points on the veins. Hind wing white, the costa 

 tinged with brown towards apex, the underside with the costal 

 area irrorated with brown. 



Hub. N. Nigeria, Minna {Macfie), 2 g type. Exp. 

 24 mm. 



778 a. Agrotis melamesa, sp. n. 



? . Head ochreous tinged with red-brown ; antennae 

 blackish ; palpi irrorated with blackish except towards tips ; 

 thorax red-brown mixed with grey and slightly irrorated 

 with blackish ; pectus and legs ochreous suffused with brown, 

 the tarsi dark brown with pale rings ; abdomen grey-brown. 

 Fore wing greyish suffused with red-brown, the costal area 

 suffused with black-brown except at apex, interrupted at the 

 lines ; subbasal line double, brown filled in with whitish, 

 sinuous, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line 

 double, blackish filled in with whitish, oblique, waved ; orbi- 

 cular and reniform small, incompletely defined by black, a 

 quadrate black patch between them and two slight black 

 marks on outer edge of reniform ; a sinuous dark medial line 

 from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line indistinct, double, 

 filled in with whitish, strongly bent outwards below costa, 

 then with double black points at the veins, incurved below 

 vein 4, some minute white points beyond it on costa ; traces 

 of a pale sinuous subterminal line ; a terminal series of 

 minute black points. Hind wing white slightly tinged witli 

 brown, the cilia whiter except at apex; the underside with 

 the costal area irrorated with brown, a postmedial dark bar 

 from costa. 



Hub. N. Nigeria, .Minna {Macfie), 2 ? type. Exp. 

 26 mm. 



