EUXOA. 



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369. Euxoa punctigera. (Plate LXII. fig. 12.) 



Mamestra punctiffei^a, Wlk. xxxii. 6GI (ISQo) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. 



p. 92. 

 Agrotis fcisf oralis, Gf rote, Can. Ent. vii. p. 68 (1875). 



Head and thorax black-brown; a few of the scales tipped with 

 white; abdomen dark brown mixed with grey. Fore wing black- 

 brown irrorated with grey ; the orbicular and reniform with black 

 outlines, with some grey scales on inner side, the former rather 

 small, round, the latter well developed ; hardly a trace of the ante- 

 medial line ; the postmedial line very indistinct, oblique from costa 

 to vein 5, then inwardly oblique and waved ; the subterminal line 

 represented by indistinct black streaks in the interspaces. Hind wing 

 brown ; the veins darker ; cilia white at tips. Underside of both 

 wings with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with white ; hind 

 wing with the discal area whitish ; a small discoidal spot and curved 

 postmedial line obsolete towards inner margin. 



Hah. Canada, Br. Columbia, Yancouver I., 2 J type, 1 $ Grote 

 Coll., type pastoralis ; U.S.A., N. York 1 $ , Washington 2 $ , 

 Colorado 1 5 i Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona. Exj}., S 44, § 

 48 millim. 



370. Euxoa perpolita. (Plate LXII. fig. 13.) 



Agrotis perpolita, Morr. Proe. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, xviii. p. 237 (1876) ; 

 Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 91. 



2 . Dark fuscous brown ; tibia and tarsi with whitish points at 

 extremities of joints ; pectus and abdomen irrorated with grey. 

 Fore wing with double, waved, black snbbasal line from costa to 

 submedian fold ; a trisinuate double antemedial line ; the orbiemlar 

 and reniform black-edged, the former elliptical and touching the 

 antemedial line, the latter well developed; the postmedial line 

 curved, dentate ; an indistinct subterminal series of small dentate 

 marks with some grey scales on them. Hind wing with the basal 

 half whitish ; an indistinct curved postmedial line, more prominent 

 on underside ; cilia whitish. 



Hah. U.S.A., jST., E. & Middle States, Maine, Massachusetts 

 {J. E. Bates), 2 5 , New York, Colorado. Exp. 40 millim. 



*371. Euxoa finis. (Plate LXII. fig. 14.) 



Agrotis finis, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 457 (1887) ; id. Cat. Noct- 

 N. Am. p. 92. 



Dull brownish fuscous : tegulje with brown medial line ; patagia 

 with some rufous at base and extremities. Fore wing tinged with 

 rusty-brown on subbasal and postmedial areas ; lines double, more 

 or less distinct ; subbasal line waved, interrupted in cell ; antemedial 

 line oblique, excurved in interspaces, more strongly above inner 

 margin ; claviform rather small, defined by black ; orbicular round, 

 reddish grey with dark irroration ; reniform with fine yellow 

 annulus, the yellow rather encroaching on outer side of centre ; 

 postmedial line minutely waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved 



