444 COL. C. SWINHOE ON THE [Nov. 16, 
NocrTuip. 
88. AGROTIS SEGETUM. 
Phalena-Noctua segetum, Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, p. 2539. 1018. 
January to April. 
89. AGROTIS SUFFUSA. 
Phalena-Noctua suffusa, Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, p. 2541. 1028. 
February. 
90. AGROTIS ARISTIFERA. 
Agrotis aristifera, Guénée, Noct. i. 266, 426. 
April, June, November, and December. 
91. AGROTIS LASSA, 0. Sp- 
Allied to 4. repulsa. Antenne, head, thorax, and fore wings 
dark brownish fawn-colour. Fore wings of the male very narrow ; 
fore wings of both sexes with some brown marks, like strigulee here 
and there ; on the male the usual stigmata are not visible; on the 
female the orbicular is represented by a black ring, and the claviform 
and reniform are both visible, but obscure and black ; and the latter 
is like a small smudged figure of 8. Hind wings white, semi- 
hyaline, with the costa and outer border tinged with fawn-colour. 
Abdomen grey, with the segments marked out with some white hairs. 
Underside paler, with the thorax, abdomen, and fore and hind wings 
streaked with silvery-white speckles. 
Expanse of wings 13 inch. 
March and April. 
HADENID&. 
92. RADINACRA VARIANA, D. sp. (Plate XL. fig. 10.) 
_ Antennze, head, thorax, and fore wings brownish fawn-colour. 
Fore wings with the lines sinuous, dark brown, one subbasal 
extending only halfway down from the costa, another before the 
middle, and one submarginal ; all these complete and bending slightly 
outwardly ; three yellowish dots on the costa near the apex; the 
third line runs through the reniform stigma, which is hardly visible, 
the orbicular is indicated by a faint white spot. Abdomen greyish 
brown. Hind wings and underside pale brownish grey. Both wings 
above and below shining, almost gilded. 
Expanse of wings 1 inch. 
September. 
XYLOPHASIDA. 
93. SPODOPTERA CILIUM. 
Spodoptera cilium, Guénée, Noct. i. 156. 249. 
March and October. 
94, SPODOPTERA INFECTA. 
Prodenia infecta, Walker, ix. 196, 
October. 
