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587. Euxoa forcipula. 



Noctuaforcipula, SchifF. Wien. Verz. p. 78 (1776) ; Hiibn. Saraml. Eur, 

 Sehmett, Noct. f. 547 ; Godt. Lep. Fr. ii. p. 228, pi. 66. f. 1 ; Slaud. Oat. 

 Lep. pal. p. 146. 



Agrotis dentictdosa, Esp. Sehmett. iv. pi. 183. f. 3 (1777). 



Agrotis bornicensis, Fuchs, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1884, p. 260. 



Agrotis nigrescens, Hofm. Soc. Ent. ii. p. 121 (1888). 



Head and thorax dull brown mixed with grey ; antennae ringed 

 with black; tegulae with black medial line, patagia edged with 

 blackish above ; tarsi blackish ringed with white ; abdomen grey- 

 brown. Pore wing grey-brown irrorated with white ; an indistinct 

 waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; a waved 

 antemedial line ; claviform defined by blackish ; orbicular and 

 reniform with whitish annuli defined by black, the former rounded ; 

 the postmedial line minutely dentate, excurved from costa to vein 4, 

 then incurved ; the subterminal line very indistinct, represented by 

 a series of ochreous points and slight wedge-shaped black marks, 

 angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal 

 series of black points. Hind wing pale, more or less completely 

 suffused with reddish brown ; cilia whitish, with brown line at 

 base ; the underside whitish, the costal area irrorated with brown, 

 the terminal area suifused with brown. 



Ab. 1. bornicensis. Larger and darker. 



Ab. 2. nigrescens. Much darker. 



Hah. France, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller Coll. ; Switzerland, 

 FreyCoU. ; Spain, Tragacete (C/ia/j?ncoi), 1 5 ; Sicilt ; Armenia, 

 Caucasus ; Asia Minor, 1 c? , 1 $ , Pontus, Taurus ; Stria, Leech 

 Coll. ; Persia ; "W. Turkestan, Turcomania. E.vp. 38-42 millim. 



588. Euxoa exacta. (Plate LXVII. fig. 22.) 



Agrotis exacta, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 9 ; id. Cat. Lep. pal. 

 ■p. 141. 



S . Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown and black ; 

 palpi blackish at sides ; tegulae with blackish medial line ; tarsi 

 blackish, with pale rings ; abdomen grey irrorated with dark brown, 

 the anal tuft tinged with ochreous. Fore wing grey irrorated with 

 brown and black ; the veins with slight blackish streaks ; the 

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

 antemedial line double, waved, and excurved above inner margin ; 

 claviform whitish, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with 

 whitish annuli defined by black, the former produced to a point on 

 inner side, the cell between them slightly tinged with black ; the 

 postmedial line somewhat dentate, defined by whitish on outer side, 

 bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; the 

 subterminal line greyish, with slight fuscous dentate marks on 

 inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a 

 terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing pale fuscous 

 brown ; the cilia white, with a brown line at base ; the underside 



