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crenulate, slightly incurved to hindmargin at about two-fifths, ending 

 in a diffused dark patch ; claviform suggested by a black spot at end ; 

 orbicular large, round, defined on each side by brown; reniform ill- 

 defined, kidney-shaped, irrorated with reddish, with a black spot behind 

 it ; a slight brown medial shade (defining the redder postmedial area) ; 

 outwardly oblique from middle of costa to M, thence a little inwardly 

 oblique to hindmargin near antemedial line ; postmedial line outwardly 

 oblique from costa at about two-thirds to SC 5 , nearly vertical and 

 scarcely crenulate to just before hindmargin, bent outwards to hind- 

 margin at about three-quarters ; subterminal line proximally defined by 

 red-brown irroration and distally by violet shading ; slightly bent 

 inwards behind costa and incurved behind M 1 ; veins irrorated with 

 black and white, especially towards termen ; a red-brown terminal line ; 

 fringe tawny-brown, with a red-brown line at middle and some grey- 

 brown at tips. 



Hindwing ochreous suffused with smoky-brown ; a faint discal spot 

 and fine brown terminal line ; fringe ochreous. 



Fore wing beneath ochreous largely suffused with smoky- brown ; 

 the costa broadly red-brown with medial and postmedial dark spots ; 

 a slight dark cellspot and indications of a postmedial line; termen 

 paler ; fringe tawny and reddish. Hind wing ochreous-white, irrorated 

 with brown on apical third of costa ; costa broadly irrorated with red- 

 brown ; a moderate-sized discal spot, with a brown spot before it on 

 costa ; a slight postmedial line ; fringe ochreous. 



Manusela, 6,000 feet, October to December, 1919, two 3 3 . 



Belongs to Section V of Hampson, the antennal cilia somewhat 

 fasciculate. Perhaps nearest to rubicilia Moore and nigrosigna Moore, 

 which Hampson (erroneously ?) regards as forms of one species. 



6. Agrotis magnisigna sp. no v. 



? , 30 mm. 



Head, tegulae and palpus bright-ochreous mixed with rufous, the 

 palpus shaded with black on outer side of segment 2 ; thorax (worn) 

 apparently rufous shaded with fuscous ; antennal shaft fuscous ; pectus 

 and legs greyish-ochreous tinged here and there with rufous and 

 fuscous ; abdomen above and beneath pale-cinereous. 



Fore wing above whitish irrorated with red-brown, with the 

 markings red-brown or blackish. Subbasal and antemedial lines repre- 

 sented by black spots on costa (at about one- and two-sevenths) and 



