i-lTJXOA. 357 



line acutely dentate inwards below cell and on vein 1, angled 

 outwards in submedian fold and more strongly above inner margin ; 

 claviform elongate, broAvn defined with dark brown ; orbicular 

 minute, elliptical, white with brown central point aiid defined by 

 dark brown ; reniform with fuscous centre and white annulus defined 

 by dark brown ; the postmedial line brown defined by whitish on 

 outer side, minutely dentate, slightly bent outwards below costa, 

 incurved in discal fold and oblique below vein 4 ; the subterminal 

 line indistinct, whitish, with dentate red-brown marks on inner side, 

 angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, the area beyond 

 it rather darker with terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia 

 with a blackish line near extremity ; the costa somewhat excavate 

 beyond middle. Hind wing white, the veins and a fine terminal 

 line brownish ; the underside with slight discoidal lunule. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with the cell and the area below and just 

 beyond it sufi'used with bright rufous. 



Hah. France, W. Coast, 3 J , 1 5 ? Zeller & Leech Colls. ; 

 Brittany, Plonharnel (de Joannis), 2 6 , '2' $ . Exp. 42 millim. 



Larva. On grasses growing on the sand-hills, feeding exclusivelj' 

 on those which grow at the summits of the hills {de Joannis). 



*274. Euxoa riigifrons. (Plate LXI. fig. 3.) 



Agroiis rugifrons, Mab. Bull. Soc. Eiit. Fr. 1888, p. 42; Stand. Gat. Lep. 

 pal. p. 152. 



S . Head and thorax pale rufous ; tegulas with black medial line ; 

 abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing rufous, the costal area pale ; 

 the subbasal line represented by a black spot below median nervure ; 

 the antemedial line obsolete on costal area, excurved in interspaces 

 and defined by pale colour on inner side ; claviform defined by 

 black, elongate, narrow, with an oblique pale streak from its 

 extremity; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former 

 oblique, elliptical, open above, the latter with pale centre ; post- 

 medial line indistinct, reduced to a series of small dentate marks, 

 bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; sub- 

 terminal line pale, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at 

 middle, defined by some dark points on its inner side at middle ; 

 a terminal series of dark points. Hind wing ochreous white with 

 rufous terminal line, the cilia white ; the underside with the costal 

 area irrorated with rufous, a slight discoidal point and traces of 

 postmedial line. 



Hah. Tunis, Gabes, type t c? in Coll. Mabille. Exp. 34 millim. 



*275. Euxoa bcetica. 



Heliofhohuii hxtka, Boisd. Icones, pi. 74. f. 6 (1830) ; Heri-.-Scha£f. 

 Schinett. Eur., Noct. f. 23 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 17H. 



Head and thorax yellowish ; tegulse and patagia with dark edges, 

 the former with dark medial line ; abdomen whitish. Fore wing- 

 yellowish, the costal, inner, and terminal areas tinged with bluish 



