MICEAGROIIS. 151 



Avith black medial band : prothoracic crest witli black band ; 

 tegulse rufous ; tibiae and tarsi black with, ochreous rings ; abdomen 

 greyish ochreous. Fore wing pale blue-grey with slight black 

 irroratiou ; the costal area suffused with rufous to near apex ; the 

 subbasal line indistinct, double, waved from costa to submedian 

 fold ; antemedial line indistinct double, waved ; claviform re- 

 presented by a black point at its extremity ; orbicular and reniform 

 small, with black centres and pale annuli defined by black, the 

 former round ; an oblique waved ferruginous line from lower angle 

 of cell to inner margin ; the postmedial line indistinct, double, 

 dentate, and produced to a series of points on the veins, bent 

 outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; some pale 

 points on costa towards apex ; the subterminal line defined by the 

 area beyond it being rufous, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at 

 middle and bent outwards to tornus ; a terminal series of black 

 points ; cilia chequered rufous and fuscous. Hind wiug pure 

 white, with fine dark puuctiform terminal line ; the underside with 

 the costal area ochreous irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal 

 point and curved postmedial series. 



Hah. Be. E. Africa, Athi E. (Betton), -1 c? , 1 $ type. 

 Exjj. 28-30 millim. 



266. Micragrotis puncticostata. (Plate LIX. fig. 32.) 

 Agrotis ])uncticostata, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 263 (1902). 



S . Head and thorax black mixed with some grey ; metathorax 

 more or less red-brown ; frous with deep black bar above ; tegulse 

 with black medial line ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen ochreous 

 irrorated with fuscous. Pore wing grey, with slight dark irroration 

 and blackish streaks on the veins ; the costal area suffused with 

 rufous and black to the subterminal line : a diffused rufous patch 

 on base of inner area ; the subbasal line represented by indistinct 

 double striae from costa ; the antemedial line indistinct, double, 

 waved and angled inwards on the veins ; claviform small, slightly 

 defined by black ; orbicular and reniform small, with black centres 

 and pale annuli defined by black, the former round ; the post- 

 medial line dentate and produced to a series of black and white 

 points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, 

 then incurved ; a series of points on costa towards apex ; the 

 subterminal line pale, defined by the area beyond it being reddish 

 brown, angled outwards at vein 7 and somewhat dentate at 

 veins 3, 4 ; a fine black terminal line ; cilia chequered rufous and 

 black. Hind wing white ; the costal area irrorated with fuscous, a 

 discoidal spot and postmedial series of short streaks on the veins. 



5 . Fore wing rather more suffused with brown ; hind wing 

 tinged with ochreous. 



Hah. Natal, Estcoiirt (Hutchinson),! c? , 1 $ type; Basutoland, 

 Maseru {Craivshay), 2 S . Exjp. 30 millim. 



