3ia 



white, the costal area irroratecl with brown ; a discoidal point, 

 postmedial series of short streaks on the veins, and terminal series 

 of strife. 



Hah. Canada, Br. Columbia ; "U.S.A., Colorado, 1 $ type, Grote 

 CoU. Exp. 40 millim. 



557. Euxoa agrestis. 



Agrotis auxiliaris var. agrestis, Grote, Bull. Greol. Surv. iii. p. 118 (1B77) ; 



Smitb, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 78. 

 Agrotis mercenaria, Grote, Bull. Geol. Surv. iv. p. 171 (1878). 

 Agrotis flexilis, Morr. MS., Smith, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. 38. p. 101 (1890). 



Head and thorax pale red-brown, the scales tipped with grej' ; 

 2nd joint of tarsi dark at sides ; abdomen darker brown, somewhat 

 rufous at extremity. Pore wing pale reddish brown suifused with 

 grey ; the subbasal line double, waved, very indistinct ; the antemedial 

 line double, indistinct, acutely angled outwards in cell and above inner 

 margin and exeurved below the cell ; claviform elongate, outlined 



Fig. 62. — EiLvoa agrestis, ^. \. 



with black ; orbicular and reniform concolorous, outlined with black, 

 the former oblique, elliptical, the latter well-developed and with 

 more or less fuscous on its lower part ; a dentate postmedial line, 

 bent outwards below costa, exeurved to vein 4, then oblique ; the 

 subterminal line greyish, angled outwards at vein 7 and exeurved 

 at middle, sometimes with slight dentate black marks on its inner 

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

 brown, the interspaces of discal area whitish ; cilia white, with 

 brown line at base ; underside whitish, the costal and terminal 

 areas irrorated with brown ; a slight discoidal point. 



Hah. U.S.A., Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, Colorado (GockereU), 

 6 cJ , 10 5 type and type mercenaria, California ; Mexico, Las 

 Vegas (Hoege), 1 d , Godman-Salvin Coll. Exjo. 42-48 millim. 



