396 NOCTUIDiE. 



681. Agrotis consanguinea. (Plate LXX. fig. 7.) 



Och'opUura consaii guinea, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 353 ; Hmpsn. Moths 

 Ind. ii. p. 188. 



Head and thorax dark brown mixed with reddish brown, some of 

 the scales tipped with grey ; tegulae sometimes ochreous except at 

 tips ; abdomen graj'-brown, the anal tuft tinged with ochreous. 

 Fore wing dark brown with a greyish gloss ; the costal area ochreous 

 or tinged with rufous to the postmediil line ; the subbasal line 

 represented by a black point below costa and a curved lino between 

 cell and vein 1, followed by a blackish patch with black point above 

 it in cell ; the antemedial line double, oblique, minutely waved ; 

 claviform with its extremity defined by black ; orbicular and reni- 

 form defined by black and their centres by brov,^n, the former round 

 or somewhat oblique, elliptical, the latter with some rufous on its 

 upper part, the cell before and between them black ; the postmedial 

 line double, dentate, and produced to points on the veins, slightly 

 bent outwards below costa, oxcurved to veiu 4, then incurved ; the 

 subterminal line defined on inner side by an oblique black bar from 

 costa, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. 

 Hind wing pale fuscous brown ; the cilia grey with a brown line 

 through them ; the underside pale, the costal area thickly irrorated 

 Avith fuscous, the terminal area suffused with fuscous. 



Bah. Kashmie, Dras, 1 S , Scinde Valley, 1 c? (Leech) ; Punjab, 

 Simla (Harford), 1 cT , Dalhousie, 2 cT , 1 $ type, Thundiani (Ter- 

 bitry), 1 (? , Murree (Harford), 1 (^ , Dharmsala ( //ocAriwy), 2 (5 , 6 $ ; 

 Tibet, Yatung (Hohson), 1 S . Exp. 42-50 millim. 



682. Agrotis costsestriga. (Plate LXX. fig. 8.) 



Jgrotis costcestriga, Staud. Iris, viii. p. 305, pi. 5. f. 14 (1895) ; id. Cat. 

 Lep. pal. p. 139. 



S . Head and thorax black mixed with purplish red and suff'used 

 with grey ; palpi at tips and frons white ; tarsi with whitish jings ; 

 abdomen ochreous brown, darker below. Fore wing purplish fuscous 

 suffused with grey, especially on basal costal area and near the 

 postmedial line ; the subbasal line double, waved, from costa to 

 submedian fold, with a point in the cell beyond it ; the antemedial 

 line strong, black, oblique from costa to median nervure, then indis- 

 tinct, waved ; the claviform defined by black above ; the cell and 

 costal area in medial area black suftused with blue-grey ; orbicular 

 and reniform defined by black, the former oblique, oblong, open 

 above, the latter open below ; a slight line from lower angle of 

 cell to inner margin ; the postmedial line dentate and produced to 

 points on the veins, obsolescent except towards costa, slightly bent 

 outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; some 

 pale points on costa towards apex ; the subterminal line repre- 

 sented by an indistinct series of small ochreous and brown spots 

 and an oblique black bar from costa ; a terminal series of black 

 points. Hind wing fuscous brown with an ochreous tinge ; cilia 



