1881.] NOCTURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 351 



of distinct black dentate marks ; some pale spots on costa near apex ; 

 hind wing cinereous-brown, palest at the base. Thorax and palpi 

 dark purple-brown, abdomen and legs greyish brown, legs with 

 brown bands. 



Expanse, c? ly^. 2 ^-r^ >nch. 



Hab. Solun, Punjab ; Cherra Punji, Assam. la coll. F. Moore 

 and Dr. Staudinger. 



Allied to A. christopM, Staudinger. 



Agrotis junctura, n. sp. 



Male and Female. Fore wing pale purplish grey, the median area 

 below the cell pale purplish red; two subbasal grey-bordered black 

 streaks extending obliquely from within the cell to base of the sub- 

 median vein, with blackish lower interspace ; orbicular spot large, 

 outwardly oblique, grey ; reniform spot also large, black-lined, and 

 extending below the cell, centre brown-streaked, interspaces black ; 

 a black conical mark below the orbicular spot ; an indistinct black 

 transverse discal sinuous line and outer row of points ; a marginal 

 greyish-brown fascia terminating before the apex in a black streak : 

 hind wing pale purplish cinereous. Thorax purple-grey ; collar, 

 front of head, palpi, and legs brown-speckled ; abdomen cinereous- 

 brown, tuft in male ochreous. 



Expanse l^ inch. 



Hab. Dalbousie, N.W. Himalaya. In coll. F. Moore. 



Allied to A. hastifera, Donzel. 



Agrotis modesta, n. sp. 



Female. Greyish cream-colour : fore wing with an indistinct black 

 subbasal, antemedian, and a postmedian sinuous double line ; an orl)i- 

 cular and reniform black-lined spot, a short narrow conical mark 

 below the cell, and a marginal row of dots. Body and legs greyish, 

 tarsal bands brown. 



Expanse 1| inch. 



Hab. Cashmir. In coll. F. Moore. 



Nearest allied to, but quite distinct from, A. aquilina. 



TiRACOLA, n. g. 



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Fore wing long, narrow, costa slightly arched towards the end, 

 apex acute ; exterior margin oblique, convex, and sinuous ; cell long ; 

 first subcostal branch emitted at half length of the cell, second at 

 three fourths its length, trifurcate, third emitted at one third beyond 

 base of the second, and fourth at about one half from base of second, 

 fifth from end of the cell and touching the third near its base ; dis- 

 cocellular deeply concave, upper radial from angle close to upper end 

 of the cell, lower radial from angle near lower end of the cell ; upper 

 median from angle above and middle median from end of the cell, 

 third at one third before its end ; submedian concave near its base. 

 Hind wing triangular, apex couA'ex; exterior margin oblique, recurved, 

 slightly sinuous ; cell short ; two subcostal branches from end of 

 cell ; discocellular very slender, angled inward in the middle, a 



