376 Mr. A. G. Butler's synonymic notes on the 



SYNONYMS TO AGROTIS. 

 1. Agrotis segetis, Gmel. 



Agrotis marginalis, Walker, Lep. Het., x., p. 339, 



n. 77 (1856). 



A. obliviosa, Walker, 1. c., p. 340, n. 78. 

 A. dividens, Walker, I. c., p. 342, n. 86. 

 A. aversa, Walker, I. c., p. 345, n. 92. 

 A. correcta, Walker, I. c., n. 93. 

 A. repulsa, Walker, Suppl., 2, p. 696 (1865). 

 A. conspurcata, Walker, I.e. 

 A. certificata, Walker, 1. c., p. 697. 



Of the above synonyms, A. marginalis, obliviosa, and 

 dividens are from South Africa; A. aversa, correcta, and 

 repulsa from India ; A. conspurcata from Ceylon ; and 

 A. certi/icata from Shanghai. Mr. Walker has selected 

 chiefly the dark female specimens of the species for 

 description; A. dividens, however, is a dwarfed pale 

 female with pinched-in abdomen and male colouring ; it 

 is described as a male. 



2. Agrotis Uconica. 



Agrotis Uconica, Kollar in Hiigel's Kaschmir, iv., 



p. 480 (184244). 

 A. exigua, Kollar, 1. c., p. 481. 



A. spiculifera, Guenee, Noct., i., p. 266, n. 425 (1852). 

 A. aristifera, Guenee, I. c., n. 426. 



A common and widely distributed Indian form, inter- 

 mediate between A. segetis and A. munda. A. exigua is 

 a name given to a starved specimen. 



3. Agrotis munda. 



Agrotis munda, Walker, Lep. Het., x., p. 348, n. 99 



(1856). 



A. basinotata, Walker, Z. c., xv., p. 1686 (1858). 

 A. aneituma, Walker, Suppl., 2, p. 701 (1865). 

 A. turbulenta, Walker, 1. c., 2, p. 703. 

 A. injuncta, Walker, I. c. 



A common Australian species, easily distinguished 

 from A. segetis and Uconica by the blackish apical patch 

 on under surface of secondaries. 



