EUXOA. 



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banded with brown. Fore wing slightly irrorated with brown ; 

 subbasal line very indistiiict from costa to submedian fold ; ante- 

 medial line indistinct, brownish, almost evenly curved; orbicular 

 and reuiform very indistinct, slightly defined by brown ; postmedial 

 line indistinct, brownish, bent outwards below costa, excurved to 

 vein 4, then oblique; the subterminal line only defined by slight 

 brownish suffusion on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and 

 excurved at middle. Hind wing white ; the underside with the 

 costal area slightly irrorated with brown. 



Hah. Armenia, 1 d" ; Asia Minor, Pontus ; W. Turkestan, 

 Sarawschan. Exp. 40 millim. 



585. Euxoa peperida, n. sp. (Plate LXVII. fig. 20.) 



Head and thorax grey-white pencilled with brown ; palpi 

 blackish at sides except at tips ; tegulse with medial black line ; 

 abdomen brownish grey. Fore wing grey-white irrorated with 

 black ; a rufous shade in, beyond, and below end of cell ; the 

 subbasal line represented by points on costa and median nervure ; 

 the antemedial line indistinct, waved, with more prominent points 

 on costa, median nervure, and vein 1 ; hardly a trace of orbicular 

 or reniform ; a slight fuscous shade at lower angle of cell ; the 

 postmedial line indistinct, dentate, with more prominent points on 

 the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then 

 incurved ; subterminal line hardly defined by a very slight shade 

 on inner side ; a terminal series of indistinct dark points. Hind 

 wing white, the veins, inner and terminal areas suffused with 

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

 a postmedial series of minute points on the veins. 



Hah. Kashmir, Goorais Valley {Leech), 1 d" , 2 $ type. Exp. 

 42 millim. 



586. Euxoa opisoleuca. (Plate LXVII. fig. 21.) 



Agrotis opisoleuca. Stand. Stett. eat. Zeit. 1881, p. 423; id. Cat. Lep. pal. 

 p. 136. 



Head and thorax pale brown ; abdomen whitish. Fore wing 

 pale brown irrorated with fuscous ; an indistinct dark subbasal line 

 from costa to submedian fold, excurved below costa ; a waved ante- 

 medial line; orbicular and reniform defined by black and with 

 slight pale annuli, the former round ; traces of a dark medial shade ; 

 the postmedial line irregularly dentate, bent outwards below costa, 

 excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; an indistinct pale subterminal 

 line defined by fuscous suffusion on inner side, angled outwards at 

 vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a fine ochreous subterminal line. 

 Hind wing ochreous white, the veins brownish ; traces of a 

 subterminal band especially towards tornus. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with the markings almost obsolete. 



Hah. N. Persia, 1 J , 1 $ , iSchahkuk, Kurusch. Exp, 42-44 

 millim. 



