412 NOCTUIDiE. 



irrorated with fuscous, the anal tuft and ventral surface rufous. 

 Fore wing- purplish grey, irrorated and in places suffused with red- 

 brown ; a double, waved, subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; 

 a double oblique slightly waved antemedial line ; orbicular and reni- 

 form rather indistinctlj' defined by brown, the former round, the cell 

 between them dai"k red-brown ; an oblique diffused sinuous line from 

 lower angle of cell to inner margin ; the postmedial line minutely 

 waved, defined by purplish grey on outer side, then the ground- 

 colour darker, bent outwards below costa, slightly ijicurved at discal 

 fold, incurved below vein 4 ; the subterminal line grey, angled 

 outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle : a fine dark terminal 

 line. Hind wing ochreous whitish, suffused with fuscous towards 

 costa and termen ; a fine dark terminal line ; cilia pale rufous ; the 

 underside with the costal area suffused Avith purplish red, a dark 

 discoidal point and sinuous postmedial line. 



$ . Darker, and with hardly any of the rufous tints. 



Hah. Amtjrland, Ussuri, 4 c? , 2 5 . Exp. 36-40 millim. 



706. Agrotis punicea. 



Noctua punicea, Htibn. Saiiiml. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 115 (1827) ; Goclt. 

 Lep. Fi*. V. pi. 63. f. 5 ; Boiscl. Icoiies, pi. S3, f. 4 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. 

 p. 136. 



Head and thorax rufous, the tegulee edged with grey ; abdomen 

 ochreous brown, the anal tuft and ventral surface more rufous. Fore 

 wing greyish ochreous irrorated with white especially on the veins, 

 the terminal area suft'used with rufous ; a double, waved, subbasal 

 line from costa to submedian fold filled in with grey ; a similar 

 oblique antemedial line extending to inner margin ; orbicular and 

 reniform defiued by rufous, the former round ; a diffused medial red- 

 brown line passing between them, angled outwards on median 

 nervure ; the postmedial line double, filled in with grey, bent 

 outward below costa, very slightly incurved at discal fold and rather 

 more strongly below vein 4 ; the subterminal line grey, angled 

 outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; the veins of terminal 

 area with slight dark streaks. Hind wing ochreous suffused with 

 fuscous brown ; cilia purplish pink ; the underside paler, irrorated 

 with fuscous, the costal area suffused with purplish pink, a slight 

 discoidal point and sinuous postmedial line. 



Hah. France, Sand Coll. ; Belgium ; Germany, Bavaria, Saxony, 

 Zeller Coll. ; Austria, Leech Coll. ; Hungary, Zeller Coll. ; Switzer- 

 land, Leech Coll. ; llussiA, S. k Centr. ; Siberia, Mongolia ; 

 Amurland, Ussuri. Exp. 36 millim. 



707. Agrotis brunnea. 



NocUia brunnea, Schiff'. Wieii. Verz. p. 83 (1770) ; Hiibn. Samral. Eur. 



Schmett., Noct. f. 121 ; Goclt. Lep. F\: ii. p. 183, pi. 61. f. 4 ; Steph. 111. 



Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 131 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 140. 

 Noctua lucifera, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 142./. 6 &j3l. 188. ff. 4, 5 (1786). 

 Noctua arvcnsis, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. 5, p. 2569 (1788). 

 Noctua fragaria, Bork. Schmett. iv. p. 497 (1792). 



