320 



^'OCTUID^. 



slightly suifused with rufous aud with rufous streaks on it iu the 

 interspaces ; subbasal line obsolete ; the antemedial line indistinct 

 on costal area, where it is angled outwards below costa and in cell, 

 below the cell double and sinuous ; clavit'orm small, outlined with 

 Mack : orbicular and reniform small, ochreous and rufous, the 

 former rather diamond-shaped, the latter with the centre defined 

 by rufous and with two black streaks from it to the postmedial 



Fig. Qo. — Eux-oa aeclivis, cJ . {• 



line, which is minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved 

 to vein 4, then incurved ; the terminal area with slight rufous 

 streaks in the interspaces from below costa to vein 3 ; a subterminal 

 series of small dentate ochreous marks ; cilia chequered ochreous 

 and black. Hind wing ochreous white, the veins streaked with 

 brown, the terminal area tinged with brown ; the underside with 

 the costal area irrorated with brown. 



Hab. U.S.A., Is. York ?, Texas, Colorado, 1 (S , type opaca, 

 Arizona. Exp. 30 millim. 



*566. Euxoa alhicosta. 



Agrotis alhkosia, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 454 (1887) ; id. Cat. 

 Noct. N. Am. p. 80. 



Very dark fuscous brown ; thorax with a slight purplish tinge. 

 Fore wing with a black streak below base of cell ; the costal area 

 reddish clay-yellow ; the veins more or less prominently dark- 

 streaked ; antemedial line faintly indicated between median nervure 

 and vein 1 ; orbicular and reniform reddish clay-yellow, the former 

 small, round, with a dark point at centre, the latter with a paler 

 yellow annulus ; cell black before and between the stigmata ; post- 

 medial line obsolete ; subterminal line represented by a ievi' in- 

 definite dark marks at middle. Hind wing pearly white, with the 

 terminal area fuscous. 



Hah. U.S.A., Colorado foot-hills, I^ew Mexico, Arizona. Ex-jft. 

 32-42 millim. This species is unknown to me. 



567. Euxoa proclivis. (Plate LXVII. fig. 9.) 



Agrotis proclivis, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 453 (1887) ; id. Cat. 



Noct. N. Am. p. 79. 

 Agrotis oaxacaiia, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 107 (1808). 

 Agrotis obdisca, Druce, Biol. Centi-.-Ajii., Het. i. p. 283 (part), nee Schiff. 



Head blackish ; thorax grey-brown mixed with black ; tarsi 



