moths of the earlier genera of Noctuites. 377 



4. Ayr otis inter jectionis. 



Agrotis interjectionis, Guenee, Noct., i., p. 281, 



n. 454 (1852). 

 ? A. orbicularis, Walker, Lep. Het., Suppl., 2, p. 700 



(1865). 

 $ A. significans, Walker, I.e. 



Java. 



5. Agrotis corticea, Schiff. 



Agrotis fraterna, Moore, Descr. Ind. Lep. Atk., ii., 



p. 116 (1882). 



The Indian specimens differ in no respect from speci- 

 mens in the Zeller series taken in Europe. 



6. Agrotis ignobilis. 



Mamestra iqnobilis, Walker, Lep. Het., ix., p. 239, 



n. 39 (1856). 

 Agrotis rubrilinea, Walker, I. c., x., p. 351, n. 105 



(1856). 



A. recondita, Walker, I. c., n. 106. 

 A. dorsicinis, Walker, I.e., xv., p. 1701 (1858). 



A slightly variable Australian species. 



7. Agrotis subgothica, Haw. 



Feltia ducens, Walker, Lep. Het., ix., p. 203, n. 1 

 (1856). 



An example from Orilla. 



jf 



8. Agrotis jaculif era, Guen. 



The A. tricosa of Lintner is typical A. jaculif era, and 

 A . herilis appears to me to be a very slight variety only 

 distinguishable by its greyer coloration and the grey 

 instead of dull whitish "orbicular" spot of primaries; 

 at the same time, as we have a good series of the latter, 

 and its specific identity with A. jaculif era is unproved, 

 I have retained it as a distinct species in the collection. 



Owing to the difficulty of collating the many scattered 

 references to the descriptions of North American species, 

 and the time which would be occupied in so doing, 

 I cannot attempt here to look them up ; a mere quotation 



