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NOCTtrit*^. 



A. Fore wing witb prominent wedge-shaped black marks before 



postinedial line in discal and subiuedian folds. 

 a. Fore wing without subteruiinal series of dentate black 



marks •. fallax. 



h. Fore wing withsubterminal series of dentate black marks... geminaia. 



B. Fore wine witliout prominent wedge-shaped black marks 



before postmedial line in discal and submedian fold. 



a. Fore wing without black medial shade tyho. 



b. Fore wing with prominent black medial shade viridaia. 



3611. Agriopodes fallax. 



Moma fallax, Herr.-Schaff. Aussereur. Scbmett. p. 80, f. 211 (1853); 

 Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 34. 



Head and thorax pale blue-green ; palpi white with black patches 

 on 1st and 2nd joiuts and the tip of 3rd joint black ; sides of 

 frons black ; antennae black with some white at base of shaft ; 

 teguliB with some black on edges ; tips of patagia black ; tibi* 

 streaked with black, the tarsi banded with black ; abdomen white 

 dorsally suffused with fuscous, ventrally irrorated with black and 

 with black patch at extremitj'. Fore wing emerald-green, the 

 costal edge white ; a subbasal black spot on costa ; a short black 

 streak in base of submedian fold ; an antemedial black spot on 

 costa and irregular patch in submedian interspace emitting spurs 



Fig. 9. — Agriopodes fallax, ^. \. 



into cell and on outer side in submedian fold ; orbicular represented 

 by a slight black bar, the reniform by a quadrate spot with 

 oblique black bar from costa to it ; a slight black striga on middle 

 of inner margin and slightly incurved line from lower angle of 

 cell to inner margin ; postmedial line represented by a small black 

 spot on costa, a black line much nearer termen from vein 7 

 emitting a streak in discal fold towards cell, incurved below vein 4 

 and forming a large triangular patch between veins 3 and 1, with 

 its apex extending almost to medial line, and a point on inner 

 margin, some black points beyond it on costa and an oblique bar 

 before apex ; faint traces of a whitish subterminal line with a few 

 black scales on it, excurved at middle, then incurved ; cilia inter- 

 sected by black streaks extending to termen below veins 6 and 2. 

 Hind wing whitish slightly suff'used with brown, an indistinct 

 discoidal spot : cilia chequered black and white ; the underside 



