314 NOCXTJIDiE. 



Larva (Original). — Head 3'o mm. broad, the lobes Avell separated 

 at vertex by tbe membranous area, pale brown, the reticulations paler, 

 a brown band bordering clypeus without, the clypeus infuscated 

 centrally. Body thin-skinned ; cervical shield cornified, shining 

 brown, cut by pale dorsal line and subdorsal sliade. Traces of pale 

 dorsal line, centering the broad dorsal space which is whitish at its 

 edges, these W'hite lines broader at the incisures. Traces of pale 

 subdorsal and lateral lines ; substigmatal band broad, pale, ill-defined. 

 Tubercles large and well-cornified, dark brown ; anal shield and 

 leg-plates brown. A general feeder. — H. G. D. 



558. Euxoa iiiconcinna. (Plate LXVII. fig. 5.) 



Aqrotis inconcinna, Harv. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. iii. p. 5 (1875) ; Smith, 



'Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 78. 

 Agrotis diffcrens, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 285 (nee Wlk.). 



Head and thorax yellowish brown ; abdomen pale brown. Fore 

 •wing yellowish or greyish brown; the markings indistinct; a 

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

 autemedial line double, waved ; claviform obsolete ; orbicular and 

 reniform concolorous, slightly edged Avith black, the former round, 

 the latter with some fuscous in its lower part ; the postmedial line 

 minutely dentate, strongly bent outwards beloAv costa, excurved to 

 vein 4, then oblique ; the subterminal line greyish, with some 

 reddish brown on its inner edge, angled outw^ards at vein 6 and 

 excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points. Hind w^ing 

 whitish, tinged with brown especially towards margins ; the veins 

 brown ; cilia white, with a brown line at base. 



Hah. U.S.A., Texas, 3 J type, Colorado, Arizona ; Mexico, 

 Sonora {Morrison), 1 $ , Las Vegas {Hoec/e), 1 6,1 $ , Grodman- 

 Salvin Coll. Eivp. 42 millim. 



*559. Euxoa terrealis. (Plate LXIX. fig. 15.) 



Agrotis terrealis, Grrote, Trans. Kans. Ac. Sci. viii. p. 47 (1882) ; Sraitli, 

 Cat. Noct. jST. Am. p. 79. 



Dark fuscous brown ; tegulae darker at base. Pore wing with 

 the costal area brick-red ; a black streak below base of cell ; ante- 

 medial line double, only traceable between median uervure and 

 vein 1 ; claviform distinct, narrow ; orbicular elliptical, oblique, 

 grey ; reniform grey ; cell black before and between the stigmata ; 

 postmedial line obsolete ; subterminal line sinuous, hardly dentate, 

 represented by a few pale scales, the area beyond it rather darker. 

 Hind wing fuscous, rather paler towards base ; the underside paler, 

 especially towards base, a distinct discoidal lunule. 



Hah. U.S.A., New Mexico. Exp. 37 millim. This species is 

 unknown to me ; figured from a drawing from type in Brooklyn 

 lust. Arts & Sci. 



