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*425. Euxoa extranea. 



Agrotis extranea, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 459 (1887) ; id. Cat. 

 Noct. N. Am. p. 95. 



$ . Dark ashen grey. Fore wing with the lines distinct ; the 

 subbasal line well-marked ; the antemedial line indistinctly double, 

 erect, slightly lunulate in interspaces ; orbicular and reniform 

 distinctly defined by blackish, the former small, round, the latter 

 erect, rather narrow ; a distinct diffused medial shade ; postmedial 

 line even, bent outwards below costa, exeurved to vein 4, then in- 

 curved, slightly sinuous towards inner margin; subterminal line very 

 irregular, only defined by the area beyond it being rather darker. 

 Hind wing yellowish fuscous ; the underside with dark irroration, 

 discoidal lunule, and postmedial line. 



Hah. U.S.A., Montana. Exp. 37 millim. This species is un- 

 known to me. 



*426. Euxoa trifasciata. 



Agrotis trifasciata, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 460 (1887); id. Cat. 

 Noct. N. Am. p. 95. 



g . Deep red-brown slightly irrorated with bluish grey. Pore 

 wing with the lines black ; the subbasal line prominent ; the 

 antemedial line far from base, single, erect, slightly irregiilar ; 

 claviform very.small but prominent ; orbicular large, round, irrorated 

 with grey and partly defined by black ; reniform defined by black, 

 the sides marked with yellowish scales ; medial sliade darkening 

 the cell between the stigmata, then approximated to the postmedial 

 line, which is single, somewhat diff"used, bent outwards below costa, 

 exeurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line pale, punc- 

 tiform, very even. Hind wing fuscous ; the underside irrorated 

 with reddish grey, a slight postmedial line. 



Hah. U.S.A., Oregon, Mount Hood. Exp. 37 millim. This 

 pecies is unknown to me. 



*427. Euxoa bifasciata. (Plate LXIII. fig. 24.) 



Agrotis bifasciata, Smith, Pr._ U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 460 (1887) ; id. Cat. 

 Noct. N. Am. p. 95. 



(S . Fore wing ferruginous at base, shading into blackish towards 

 termen ; the lines broad, single, black, approximated ; subbasal 

 line prominent ; antemedial line slightly waved, oblique ; claviform 

 obsolete ; orbicular and reniform traceable, but very faint ; medial 

 shade nearly straight, even, touching the postmedial line at costa 

 and inner margin; postmedial line bent outwards below costa, 

 exeurved to vein 4, then incurved; subterminal line indistinct, 

 pale, angled outwards at vein 7 and exeurved at middle. Hind 

 wing reddish fuscous ; the underside ochreous tinged with fuscous, 

 some dark irroration, a discoidal lunule and postmedial line. 



Hah. U.S.A., Arizona. Exp. 35 millim. This species is un- 

 known to me ; figured from a photograph from type in U.S. Nat. 

 Mus. 



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