386 NOCTUID.E. 



the subterminal line iudistinct, double, grey, sliglitl_y defined by dark 

 sufi'usion on inner side and by a prominent double dentate black mark 

 below costa, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a 

 terminal series of black points. Hind wing orange; some brov/nish. 

 suffusion at base ; a black discoidal lunule ; a subterminal black 

 band with waved edges, broad towards costa, narrowing towards 

 tornus ; the underside with the costal area red suffused with 

 white. 



Ab. 1. consequa. Fore wing darker. 



Hah. Britain, Scotland, Forres (Salvarje), England, Leech Coll. ; 

 France, Sand Coll. ; Denmark (DoJdmann); Germany, Zeller and 

 Frey Colls. ; Austria, Leech Coll. ; Spain; Corsica; Scandinavia; 

 llussiA, Livonia, Zeller Coll. ; Armenia ; Asia Minor; Stria, Leech 

 Coll. ; W. Turkestan, Kurdistan ; Turcomania ; Kashmir, Dana 

 (McArthiir), 1 $; Pukjab, Sultaupur (G^. Young), 1 (f , 2 $ . 

 Exp. 40-46 millim. 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep p. 101 ; Earrctt, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 20, pi. 138. f. 3. 



Greyish ochrcous or fuscous ; dorsal line broad, ochreous-yellow, 

 with line black edges ; a subdorsal series of dark fuscous oblong- 

 marks, with a yellowish-grey line below them ; lateral line pale ; 

 subspiraciilar line broad, pale ochreous with dark edges ; head pale 

 fuscous with dark markings. Food-plants : grasses, lianuncidus. 

 Primula, etc. 9-4. 



G66. Agrotis comes. 



Noctua orhona, Fabr. Munt. Ins. ii. p. 150 (1787), uec Hnfn. ; Don. Nat. 



Hist. Brit. In.s. x. p. 46, pi 343. f. 2 ; Godt. Lep. Fr. v. pi. 59. ff. 2-5 ; 



Steph. 111. Brit. Ent.. Haust. ii. p. 102; Herr.-SehafF. Eur. Schmett., 



Noct. f. 328 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 137. 

 Noctiia subsequa, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 104. If. 1-3 (1786), neo Sehiff. 

 Noctua 2'>^onuba minor, Vill. Ent. Linn. ii. p. 279 (1789). 

 Noctua comes, Treit. Schmett. Eur. v. i. p. 254 (1825) ; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., 



Noct. f. 621 (1827). 

 lochia advqua, Tve\t. Schmett. Eur. v. 1, p. 256(1825). 

 Isoctaa ■proscqaa, Treit. Schmttt. Eur. v. 1, p. 256 (1825). 

 Noctua hcrgensis, Sp. Schii. Bergen. Mus. Aarbog, 1901, p. 155, pi. — . f. 2. 



Head and thorax rufous to grey with a reddish tinge ; abdomen 

 ochreous, the lateral and anal tufts and ventral surface tinged with 

 red. Fore wing rufous irrorated with black, to grey irrorated with 

 rufous ; the subbasal line represented by striae from costa ; the 

 antemedial line indistinct, double, waved, or obsolete and represented 

 by double stria3 from costa and points on the veins ; orbicular and 

 reniform with pale outlines, the former oblique, open above, the 

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

 indistinct, double, with dark points on the veins at its outer side, 

 oblique towards costa, slightly incurved in discal fold, incurved 

 below vein 4 ; the subterminal line indistinct, greyish, defined by 

 slight dark suffusion on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and 

 excurved at middle ; a terminal series of dark points. Hind wing 

 orange; the costal area tinged with fuscous ; a dark discoidal lunule; 

 a fuscous subterminal band with waved edges, wide towards costa, 



