500 MR. J. H. LEECH ON THE [Nov. 19, 



Agrotis mgrata, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) i. p. 162 

 (1878); III. Typ. Lep. Het. ii. pi. xxix. fig. 9 (1878). 



Several specimens, coll. Pryer. 



I took this species at Nagasaki in May, Sakata in August, Nikko 

 in September, and Oiwake in October, and Mr. Smith at Hakone in 

 August. 



Yokohama {Pryer and Matilei/) ; Gifu {Pryer) ; Oiwake, Nikko, 

 Nagasaki, Sakata {Leech) ; Hakone (Smith) ; India, Europe. 



120. Agrotis informis, sp. n. (Plate L. fig. 1.) 



d . Primaries pale violet-grey suffused with brownish, basal third 

 tinged with tawny ; abbreviated basal line dark edged externally with 

 whitish, inner line pale edged externally with darker ; outer line 

 dark, serrated, curved, edged with paler ; orbicular outlined and 

 more or less filled up with black ; reniform large, black, and clearly 

 defined ; claviform black, well developed : secondaries pearly, with 

 a black lunule and narrow marginal border. Under surface of pri- 

 maries fuliginous with a darker central transverse line ; secondaries 

 pearly white, fuscous on costa, central line indicated by some black 

 oblong dots on nervures. 



? . In this sex the orbicular is more elongated and the secondaries 

 are suffused with fuscous on the outer margin. 



Var. CONFLUENS. 



The reniform and orbicular united, forming a large, somewhat 

 triangular, blotch. 



Expanse 44 millim. 



Six specimens, coil. Pryer. 



My native collector obtained four examples at Hakodate in June 

 or July. 



Allied to A. exclamationis, 



Yokohama ?, Yesso {Pryer) ; Hakodate {Nat. Coll.). 



121. Agrotis obscura. 



Noctua obscura, Brahm, Insektenkal. i. p. 191 (1790). 



Noctua higramma, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi, 150. fig. 2. 



Noctua ravida, Hiibn. Noct. fig. 126 (post 1800). 



Agrotis ravida, Treit. Schmett. v. 1. 207 ; Guen. Noct. i. p. 300. 



Graphiphora crassa, Staph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 130 

 (1827). ^ 



Graphiphora valida, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. Suppl. iii. p. 711 

 (1865). 



Graphiphora caliginea, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) i 

 p. 165 (1878). 



Several specimens, coll. Pryer. 



I took examples of this species at Gensan in July and at Oiwake 

 in October. My native collector secured a long and variable series 

 at Hakodate in July. Several specimens agree with Walker's G. 

 valida and G. caliginea, Butl. Others are exactly identical with 

 the typical European A. ravida, whilst others again are not quite like 



