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defined by grey on inner side ; claviform with its extremity slightly 

 defined by blackish ; orbicular and reniform with whitish annnli 

 defined by black, the former oblique, elliptical ; the postmedial line 

 indistinct, defined by greyish on outer side, minutely dentate, bent 

 outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; the sub- 

 terminal line indistinct, whitish, defined by slight dentate dark marks 

 on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved and dentate 

 at middle ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia with fine pale 

 line at base. Hind wing whitish, the veins and marginal areas 

 broadly suffused with brown ; cilia white, with brown line at base ; 

 the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with 

 brown, a brown discoidal spot. 



Ab. 1. polygonides. Fore wing browner and more variegated 

 with grey. 



Hah. EussiA, Urals, Kurusch (Christoph), 2 c? , 1 5 ; Armenta, 

 Caucasus; W. Turkestan, Turcomania, 1 c5' , i'erghana, Tarbagatai 

 Mts,, Issyk-kul ; E. Tureestast, Hi; Tibet, Amdo; E. Siberia, 

 Ussuri. Exjj. 38-42 millim. 



377. Euxoa atrofusca. (Plate LXII. fig. 19.) 



Carneades atrofusca, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 447 (1900). 



c^ . Head and thorax fuscous brown, mixed with reddish brown 

 and some grey, tegulae more rufous ; tarsi blackish, with pale rings ; 

 abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing grey-brown, thickly irrorated 

 with black and suffused with blackish towards term en ; a double 

 waved subbasal black line from costa to submedian fold ; an oblique, 

 double, waved antemedial line ; claviform minute, defined by a few 

 black scales ; orbicular and reniform with greyish an null defined by 

 black, the former oblique, elliptical; the postmedial line indistinct, 

 dentate, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold 

 and incurved below vein 4 ; some pale points on costa towards apex ; 

 the subterminal line greyish, minutely waved, angled outwards at 

 vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points. 

 Hind wing whitish, the veins and marginal areas suffused with 

 brown ; cilia white, with brown line at base ; the underside white, 

 the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal 

 spot and slight curved postmedial line. 



The colour varies from mouse-grey to reddish brown. 



Hab. U.S.A., Washington, Pullman, 1 c? , Colorado, Glenwood 

 Springs. Exp. 36 millim. 



378. Euxoa stigmatilis. (Plate LXII. fig. 20.) 



Carneades texana, Smith, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. 38, p. 154 (1890) ; nee 



Grote. 

 Carneades stigmatilis, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 425 (1900). 



2 . Head and thorax red-brown mixed with dark brown ; abdo- 

 men greyish mixed with ochreous brown. Fore wing brown, 

 irrorated with black -brown ; claviform indicated by a dark shade ; 

 orbicular and reniform with black outlines, inside which are a few 



