444 COL. C. SWINHOE ON THE [Nov. 16, 



NOCTUID^. 



88. Agrotis segetum. 



Phalcena-Noctua segetum, Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, p. 2539. 1018. 

 January to April. 



89. Agrotis suffusa. 



Phalcena-Noctua suffusa, Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, p. 2541. 1028. 

 February. 



90. Agrotis aristifera. 



Agrotis aristifera, Guende, Noct. i. 266. 426. 

 April, June, November, and December. 



91. Agrotis lassa, u. sp. 



Allied to A. repulsa. Antennae, 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 strigulae 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 Ig inch. 



March and April. 



Hadenid^. 



92. Radinacra variana, n. sp. (Plate XL. fig. 10.) 

 Antennae, 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. 



XyLOPHASIDjE. 



9;3. Spodoptera cilium. 



Spodoptera cilium, Guenee, Noct. i. 156. 249. 



Marcli and October. 



94. Spodoptera infecta. 

 Prodenia infecta. Walker, ix. 196, 

 October. 



