338 NocTTJiDJi:. 



the cell forming- with part of the subbasal line a semicircular mark 

 ■with pale centre, then acutely angled outwards above inner margin ; 

 claviform large, slate-grey defined by black ; orbicular very small 

 and rather elongate, with pale annulus defined by black ; reniform 

 large, expanding below, slate-grey, with pale annulus defined by 

 black; the postmedial line pale, very indistinct, bent outwards 

 below costa, then with series of small dentate black marks on its 

 inner side ; the veins beyond the cell with black streaks, and defined 



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Fig. 64. — Fcltia gladiaria, J. \. 



by whitish streaks on each side ; the sub terminal line represented 

 by a series of small dentate whitish marks, with larger dentate 

 black marks -on their inner side ; a terminal series of black points 

 and fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing whitish tinged with 

 brown, the veins and terminal area fuscous brown ; cilia white with 

 a brown line at base ; the underside with blackish discoidal lunule 

 and some fuscous suffusion on apical area, 



5 . Hind wing often more uniform fuscous brown. 



Hah. CA-SAJ)A{jyo7-man), 1 § ; U.S.A., E. States, 3 c? , 2 $ type 

 morrisoniana, Grote Coll., Texas. E.rj). 34:-40 millim. 



603. Feltia venerabilis. (Plate LXVII. fig. 30.) 



Agrotis venerabilis, Wlk. x. 328 (1856) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 83. 



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

 tegulae blackish at tips ; patagia grey- white except at shoulders ; 

 tarsi blackish, Avith pale rings on the joints ; abdomen reddish 

 brown. Fore wing grej'-brown, suff'used with fuscous towards 

 costa or wholly suffused with fuscous, sometimes tinged with pink ; 

 the veins with dark streaks ; the lines obsolete ; a faint semicircular 

 mark below the cell sometimes present, representing part of the 

 subbasal and antemedial lines ; the claviform narrow, elongate, 

 blackish defined by black ; the orbicular small, elongate, and defined 

 by black ; the reniform blackish, partly defined by black and rather 

 ill-defined ; a triangular fuscous mark on termen below apex, with 

 traces of small blackish spots or slight streaks in the interspaces 

 above and below it. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the cilia pale, 

 with a brown line near base : the underside whiter, with the costal 

 and terminal areas suffused and irrorated with brown ; a discoidal 

 point. 



5 . Patagia pinkish brown. 



Hah. Canada, Orilla {Bushe), 2 6 , Nova Scotia {Rechnan), 3 S 



