EuxoA. 247 



anal tuft tinged with ochreous. Fore wing with the basal half 

 grey, irrorated with brown, the terminal half black-brown ; a 

 double black subbasal line from costa to vein 1, angled inwards on 

 vein 1 ; a double sinuous antemedial line strongly angled outwards 

 below costa and above inner margin ; the claviform large, elongate, 

 defined by black ; the orbicular large, round, black- edged ; the 

 outer edge of the grey area angled on median nervure ; the reniform 

 large, black-edged, rather indistinct ; the postmedial line double, 

 minutely dentate, strongly bent outwards below costa, excurved to 

 vein 3, then incurved ; faint traces of an irregular subterminal line. 

 Hind wing white irrorated with brown ; the veins and a terminal 

 line brown ; the underside with discoidal point and indistinct 

 minutely-waved postmedial line. 



Hab. U.S.A., Texas, New Mexico, 1 cS type. Exp. 44 millim. 



434. Euxoa dsedala. 



Acronycta dcedala, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 260, pi. 26. f. 8 



(1889). 



$ . Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; palpi with 

 some black at sides ; teguloe with blackish medial line ; tarsi with 

 whitish rings ; abdomen fuscous brown mixed with grey. Fore 

 wing dark grey irrorated with black, the terminal half suffused 

 with fuscous, except towards costa beyond the medial line ; a fine 

 double, waved, black subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; 

 a similar antemedial line angled inwards on median nervure and 

 vein 1 ; claviform, orbicular, and reniform large, defined by fine 

 black lines; a medial black shade diffused on outer side and angled 

 on median nervure ; the postmedial line double, indistinct, dentate, 

 bent outwards below costa, slightly angled inwards in discal fold, 

 and incurved below vein 4 ; traces of a dentate subterminal line, 

 with a dark patch before it on costa ; a terminal series of black 

 points. Hind wing whitish, strongly suffused with dark brown, 

 less so towards base ; cilia white, with a brown line near base ; 

 the underside whitish, strongly irrorated with black-brown, two 

 discoidal points, an indistinct curved postmedial line, and terminal 

 series of black striae. 



Hah. Guatemala, Quezaltenango, 7800 feet {Ghamjnon), 1 5 

 type, Godman-Salvin Coll. Exj). 36 millim. 



435. Euxoa murdoci. (Plate LXIII. fig. 28.) 



Agrotis imirdocki, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xvii. p. 49 (1890) ; id. Cat. 

 Noct. N. Am. p. 99. 



Head and thorax ferruginous brown, slightly mixed with grey ; 

 abdomen ochreous ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen 

 whitish. Fore wing ferruginous brown, the medial area suffused 

 with bluish grey ; the subbasal line double, waved from costa to 

 vein 1 ; the antemedial line evenly curved, double, the inner line 

 brown, the outer black ; claviform wanting ; orbicular and reniform 

 grey, defined by some black scales on inner and outer edges and 



