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some white on basal half, followed by a blackish line, and the tips 

 black : thorax blackish ; abdomen ochreous, dorsall}' tinged with 

 fuscous, with lateral blackish lines and the ventral surface irrorated 

 with black. Fore wing pale ochreous, greyish towards costa, the 

 veins and iiiterspaces with brown streaks ; the costa suffused with 

 fuscous ; a black streak in submedian fold developed into a pro- 

 minent fascia towards base ; orbicular and reniform very small, with 

 fuscous centres and grey annuli placed on a deep black fascia 

 extending to beyond the cell ; the subterminal line defined by the 

 area beyond it being blackish and by a fuscous patch before it on 

 costa, dentate at the veins, arising from apex, angled inwards in 

 discal and submedian folds and outwards to near termen at vein 4 ; 

 a terminal series of black points ; cilia pale brown, with a dark line 

 at base. Hind wing pure white : the costal area suffused with 

 fuscous ; a fine dark terminal line. 



Ab. 1. TegulfB at tips and thorax ochreous and pale brown. 



Hah. Be. E. Afeica, Athi-ya-Mawe, 5 S tvpe, Athi R,, 2 $ , Eb 

 Urru (Bctton), 4 ? . Exj). 26-32 millim. 



*551. Euxoa lineifera. (Plate LXVI. fig. 32.) 

 Noctua lineifera, Blanch. G-ay's Faun. Cbile, Ins. p. 76 (1852). 



6 . Head and base of tegulee whitish, the latter at tips and thorax 

 black ; abdomen brownish white. Fore wing fuscous brown ; the 

 costal area whitish to beyond middle ; the veins defined by white 

 streaks ; lines and stigmata absent ; a black streak below base of 

 cell ; the subterminal line only defined by the dark streaks in 

 interspaces beyond cell stopping before termen, the white streaks 

 extending to rather nearer termen ; a dark terminal line. Hind 

 wing fuscous brown, whitish towards costa and inner margin, the 

 underside whitish. 



Hah. Chile, Coquimbo, type t c? in bad condition in Mus. Paris. 

 E,vj^). 34 millim. 



Sect. V. {Chorisayrotis). Antennae of male minutely serrate and fasciculate. 



A. Fore wing with the costal ai-ea distinctly paler than the 



ground-coloiu". 

 a. Fore wing with the ground-colour black, the base of 



costal area and stigmata white lidia. 



h. Fore wing with the ground-colour purplish brown to 

 grey-brown. 



a'-. Fore wing without pale streak on median uervure obcrtliuri. 



h^ . Foi'e wing with pale streak on median nervure auxiliaris. 



B. Fore wing with the costal area grey tinged with rufous in 



ni ale so rella . 



G. Fore wing with the costal area concolorous. 

 a. Fore wing grey-brown. 



a^. Fore wing with the lines distinct ; claviform present. 



cr. Fore wing with the antemedial line strong, single ... balinitis. 



b'-. Fore wing with the antemedial line fine, double ac/ rest is. 



h. Fore wing dark fuscous brown. 



a\ Fore wing with the cell between the stigmata black ... terrecdis. 



b^. Fore wing with the cell concolorous intracta. 



c. Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous xanthiodes. 



