ETJXOA. 233 



medial line ; a minufelj' dentate postraedial line bent outwards 

 below costa, esciirved to vein 4, then incurved. 



Hah. U.S.A., Utah, Stockton, co-types f c? 5 in Coll. Rothschild. 

 Exjr>., c? 36, $ 38 millim. 



404. Euxoa confusa. 



Jgrotis covfiisa, Alpb. Hor. Soc. Ent. Eoss. xvii. p. 61, pi. 2. f. 47 (1882) ; 



Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 136. 

 Agrotis subconqnctca, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 13; id. Cat. Lep. 



pal. p. 149. 



(5 . Head and thorax grey mixed with brown ; abdomen 

 brownish grey, the anal tuft^ mixed with yellow. Pore wing grey 

 irrorated with brown ; the subbasal line represented by indistinct 

 black spots below costa and cell : the antemedial line waved, angled 

 outwards above inner margin, blackish, defined by grey on inner 

 side; claviform defined by black ; orbicular and reniform whitish, 

 rather incompletely defined by black ; the postmedial line minutely 

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

 oblique ; the subterminal line represented by a rather obscure 

 series of dentate blackish marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and 

 excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing 

 pale suffused with brown, and tinged with ochreous towards inner 

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

 irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal lunule and some brown 

 suffusion on terminal area. 



Hah. W. Turkestan, Ferghana ; E. Turkestan, Hi, Korla ; 

 Mongolia, Uliassatai Mts., 1 S . Exp. 36 millim. 



405. Euxoa subdecora. (Plate LXIII. fig. 9.) 



Agrotis suhdecora, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 18SS, p. 7 ; id. Cat. Lep. pal. 

 p. 144. 



S . Head and thorax grey mixed with brown ; abdomen grey- 

 white, dorsally tinged with ochreous towards extremity. .Fore 

 wing brownish grey irrorated with white ; a waved fuscous ante- 

 medial line from costa to submedian fold ; a nearly straight erect 

 antemedial line ; hardly a trace of- the stigmata ; postmedial line 

 dentate, slightly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, 

 then incurved ; traces of a subterminal line, slightly angled 

 outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a brown line at baF^e 

 of cilia. Hind wing white, the veins and marginal areas tinged 

 with brown ; cilia white ; the underside white, the costal and 

 terminal areas irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal point and 

 curved postmedial line. 



Hah. Asia Minor, Pontus ; W. Tureestan, Turcomania, 1 cj , 

 Ferghana, Issyk Ivul. Exp. 34 millim. 



406. Euzoa acornis. (Plate LXIII. fig. 10.) 

 Carneades acm-nis, Smith, Ent. News Philad. vi. p. 335, pi. 15. f. 6(1895). 

 (3" . Head and thorax very pale brown ; tarsi banded with black ; 



