EUSOA. 159 



with brown centre and white annulus defined by brown ; reniform 

 greyish, with some black scales before and beyond it and some pale 

 rufous between it and orbicular; postmedial line iine, dentate, 

 blackish, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then 

 oblique, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line 

 whitish, angled outAvards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4 and 3 ; 

 a terminal series of black points. Hind wing white, the veins and 

 costal area tinged with brown, a brown terminal line, the underside 

 with the costal area irrorated with brown. 



Hab. Cakaeies, Lanzarote 1., type t 6 in Mus. Yienna. Ex-p. 

 34 millim. 



278. Euxoa trlMa. 



Noctua trifida, F. de Waldh. Ent. Imp. Eoss. i. p. 200, pi. 5. f. 6 (1820). 

 Agrotis rogneda, Staud. Berl. e. Zeit. 1870, p. 113 ; Mill. Icon. iii. p. 395, 

 pi. 149. f. 14 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 164. 



S . Head and thorax ochreous white tinged with brown and 

 fuscous ; abdomen white, dorsally tinged with brownish ochreous. 

 Fore wing brownish ochreous irrorated with black ; the veins 

 streaked with white ; the subbasal line represented by black strige 

 from costa and median nervure : the antemedial line waved, black ; 

 claviform elongate, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, 

 ochreous, with black-irrorated centres and defined by black, the 

 former round ; the postmedial line waved, bent outwards below 

 costa, incurved in discal fold, and very oblique below vein 4 ; the 

 subterminal line whitish, defined hj black suffusion on inner side, 

 angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal 

 series of small black lunules ; cilia white, with a black line through 

 them. Hind wing pure white, with, fine brown terminal line ; the 

 underside with slight brown irroration and curved postmedial line 

 on costal area only. 



Hah. Spain, Valladolid ; S. Russia, Crimea, Sarepta, 2 J ; Asia 

 MiNOE, Pontus. Exp. 36 millim. 



Sect. II. Autennte of male bipectinate with moderate branches, the apical 

 third serrate. 



A. Female with the wings partially aborted. 



279. Euxoa fatidica. 



Noctua fatidioa, Hiibn. Samml. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 704 (1827); Herr.- 

 Schaff. Schinett. Eur. ii. pi. 89. f. 456 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 153. 



Hadena bombycia, Ev. Bull. Mosc. ii. p. 632 (1851^ ; id. iii. p. 110, pi. 2. f. 9 

 (1856). 



S . Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown ; palpi blackish 

 at sides ; tegulse with black medial line, patagia edged with brown ; 

 pectus and legs mostly black-brown ; abdomen dorsally pale brown, 

 ventrally black-brown. Fore wing pale red-brown ; the veins 

 defined by grey streaks ; the subbasal line represented by black 



