EUXOA. 311 



beyond it purplish fuscous with a terminal series of black points. 

 Hind wing ochreous whitish suffused with fuscous brown, darker in 

 female ; cilia whitish, with brown line at base ; the underside paler, 

 the costal area irrorated with brown. 



Hah. Japan [Pri/er), 1 c? , Hakodate (Andreivs), 3 c? , 1 $ , Tokio 

 (Maries), 2 r? ; W. China, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 2^,2$, type. 

 Kvj}., c? 42, 5 46 millim. 



554. Euxoa auxiliaris. (Plate LXVII. lig. 2.) 



Agrotis cmxiliaris, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 9G (1873), 5 ; 



' Smith, Cat. Noet. N. Am. p. 78. 

 Jc/rotis intwferciis, Grrote, Proo. Ac. Nat. Sci. 1875, p. 423, S '• Harv. Bull. 



Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. iii. p. 74, pi. 3. f. 10; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. 



p. 78. 

 Affwtis sorror, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 453 (1887) ; id. Cat. Noct. 



N. Am. p. 78. 



S • Head and thorax dark brown ; frons with black bar ; tegulaj 

 with the basal half ochreous, defined by a black medial line ; pectus 

 and legs brown mixed with grey ; abdomen grey-brown, tinged wdth 

 fulvous at extremity. Pore wing dark brown ; the costal area clear 

 ochreous to the postmedial line, extending at base to median 

 nervure ; the area below vein 1 ochreous to the postmedial line ; 

 a white streak on median nervure ; the subbasal line represented 

 by an oblique ochreous striga below the cell; the antemedial line 

 ochreous, defined by black on outer side, acutely angled outwards in 

 cell and above inner margin and obtusely in submedian fold ; clavi- 

 form defined by black, and with an ochreous streak from its 

 extremity to the subterminal line; orbicular and reniform whitish, 

 their centres tinged Avith brown defined by brown annuli ; the 

 postmedial line dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved 

 to vein 4, then oblique ; the subterminal line whitish, angled 

 outwards at vein 7 and inner margin and dentate at veins 4 and 3, 

 with a series of dentate black marks on its inner side on the 

 ochreous band which occupies the area between postmedial and 

 subterminal lines except towards costa ; an ochreous apical patch 

 and a terminal series of black points. Hind wing brown ; the 

 disk slightly whitish; cilia white, with a brown line at base; 

 underside white ; the costal area irrorated with brown ; the veins, 

 terminal area, and a discoidal point brown ; (claspers. Smith, Bull. 

 U.S. Xat. Mus. 38. pi. 4. f. 45). 



$ . Fore wing with the costal area grey. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with the base of tegul^e and costal area 

 irrorated with fuscous ; (claspers, Smith, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus, 38. 

 pi. 4. f. 46). 



Hah. U.S.A., Kansas (Snoiv), 2 cS , Texas, 1 J type introferens, 

 Montana, Colorado (CocJcerell, Bruce), 3 cJ , 6 $ type, New Mexico, 

 Las Vegas (Goclcerell), 1 $ . Exp. 42-50 millim. 



