r)44 Mr. RuTLEH un a cdUectum of 



smoky-browu ; fringe with a grey-edged yellow basal line; 

 exremally silvery-white; head and thorax brown, traversed by 

 bisinnated darker lines ; abdomen shining greyish-brown; anal 

 segment blackish at the base, with lateral reddish brown fringe; 

 body below pinky-whitish, front of pectus pale purplish-brown; 

 knees black, posterior tibia3 striped at the end with black; venter 

 with lateral black spots ; primaries below shining grey, with 

 cupreous reflections, border whitish ; costal borders crossed 

 towards the apex by grey lines; a marginal series of black 

 dots; fringe rather paler than above; secondaries whitish, with 

 cupreous reflections; a grey discocellular dot; a brown discal 

 line; a marginal series of black dots. Expanse of wings 1 

 inch (! lines. 



One specimen Avithout antennae. 



APAMIID^. 



10. Apamea vitio-'<a (No. 14). 



Apaiaea vitiom, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 384, pi xlii, 

 flg. a. 



Two specimens, but without antenn*. January to March, on 



sugar. 



11. Agrotis (uhnirationis (Nos. 18 & 27). 



Agrdtls (iilmi)'ati(.nis, Guenee, Ent. Mouth. Mag. v, p. 88 

 (1808). 



The two specimens sent by INIr. Skellou show considerable varia- 

 tion from one another in tint, and in the distinctness of the ordinary 

 dark lines on the primaries, still I believe them to be conspecific; 

 M. Guenee describes his species as having whitish fringes, but 

 states at the same time that he has only seen one specimen in 

 poor condition ; the fringe of the primaries is pale sandy -yellow 

 ti-aversed by a greyish band, immediately followed by a line of 

 the same colour, that of the secondaries is creamy-white tra- 

 versed by a grey line. If, as I believe, I have rightly identifled 

 M. Guenc'c's species, it should come near A. siinphinia of Europe 



12. Siitelotis ccerulea. 



Agrotis (Sjxi'h.t/fi) ccervlca, Guenee, Ent. Month. Mag, v, 

 p. 38 (LSG.S). 



