136 NOCTUID^. 



grey ; anal tuft tinged with ochreous. Fore wing grey-brown 

 tinged with olive, and suffused with black on base of inner and 

 medial areas ; the subbasal line represented by black spots below 

 costa and cell ; the antemedial line black, incurved from costa to 

 vein 1 and angled outwards above inner margin ; claviform elon- 

 gate, defined by black ; cell filled in by black defining the orbicular 

 and reniform, which are small, grey-brown, the former round, the 

 latter narrowing below ; postmedial line bent outwards below costa, 

 excurved to vein 3, then oblique ; subterminal line represented by 

 a series of small dentate black marks ; a terminal punctiform line ; 

 cilia yellowish. Hind wing yellowish white, suffused and irrorated 

 with brown ; an indistinct discoidal spot and fine dark terminal 

 line ,: cilia yellowish, brown at base. 



Hah. Er. Col-dmbia, Laggan ; U.S.A., Colorado (Bruce), 1 $ . 

 Eccp. 32 millim. 



240. Orosagrotis rigida. 



Agrotiphila rigida, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xTiii. p. 134 (1891); id. 

 Cat. Noct, N. Ara. p. 110. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown mixed with grey ; anal 

 tuit tinged with ochreous. Fore wing olive-brown irrorated with 

 black ; the subbasal line defined by white on outer side, waved, 

 from costa to vein 1; the antemedial line oblique, v^aved, angled 

 outwards above inner margin and defined by white on inner side ; 

 claviform outlined with black, and with a white streak from it to 

 postmedial line ; cell filled in with black defining the orbicular and 

 reniform, which have brown centres and white anuuli, the former 



Fig. 48. — Orosagrotis 7'igida, J 



small, round, the latter moderate; the postmedial line minutely 

 dentate, defined by white on outer side, bent outwards below costa, 

 excurved to vein 3, then oblique, the area beyond it suffused with 

 grey ; the subterminal line indistinct, grey, with a series of dentate 

 kack marks before it and slightly angled at veins 7 and 4; a 

 terminal series of black points. Hind wing black-brown, with dark 

 discoidal lunule ; cilia white at tips. 



Hah. U.S.A., Colorado {Bruce), 1 ? , Denver. E-vp. 28 millim. 



241. Orosagrotis cashmirensis, n. sp. (Plate LIX. tig. 19.) 



S. Head and thorax black-brown mixed with some grey; 

 abdomen fuscous brown. Fore wing pale brown, mostly suffused 

 with black, leaving a pale fascia below costa ; an indistinct curved 



