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terminal areas irro rated with fuscoiis, a discoidal lunule and sinuous 

 postmedial line. 



llah. W. China, Ti-eliien-lu (Pratt), I 2 , Chia-kou-ho, 1 cJ type, 

 Moupin (Kricheldorff), 2 c? , 2 5 . Ex'2:>. 44-48 millim. 



725. Agrotis dahli. 



Nocitia dahlii, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 465, 466 (1827) ; Godt. Lep. 



Fr. ii. p. 189, pi. 62. f. 1 ; Staucl. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 140. 

 Agrotis clescripta, auct. (nee Bi-em.), Hiiipsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 184 ; Staud. 



Cat. Lep. pal. p. 140. 

 QrapUphora canescens, Biitl. 111. Het. B. M. ii. p. 28, pi. 30. f. 1 (1878). 

 Orthosia embescens, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) v. p. 224 (1880). 

 Ceras/is subdolens, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 181 (($). 

 Chera effloi'escens, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. viii. p. 78, pi. 145. f. 7 (1891). 

 Chera embescens, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. viii. p. 78, pi. 145. f. 14 (1891). 



cJ . Head and thorax red-brown ; palpi purplish red, grey at tips ; 

 tibiae and tarsi dark brown irrorated with white ; abdomen grey- 

 brown, the anal tuft and ventral surface rufous. Fore wing yellow- 

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

 fold, and filled in with purplish ; the antemedial line similar, 

 extending to inner margin ; the claviform represented by a black 

 point at its extremity ; orbicular and reniform with slight greyish 

 annuli defined by brown, the former round, the latter with some 

 greyish at centre ; a waved diff'used medial line angled outwards on 

 median nervure ; the postmedial line double, dentate, and produced 

 to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved 

 at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some purplish suffusion beyond 

 it ; the subterminal line greyish, angled outwards at vein 7 and 

 excurved at middle, the area beyond it suffused with purplish ; a 

 terminal series of dark points. Hind wing brownish ochreous, 

 suflfased with fuscous brown on terminal half; cilia rufous : under- 

 side pale, the costal area tinged with rufous and the costal and 

 terminal areas irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal spot and sinuous 

 postmedial line. 



5 . Head and thorax purple-red irrorated with grey ; fore wing 

 purple-brown, often with the reniform prominently grey ; hind 

 wdng fuscous brown. 



Ab. 1. nana. Hardly more than half the size of typical form. — 

 Dauria. 



Ab. 2. efflorescens. Head, thorax, and fore wing much greyer ; 

 palpi blackish except at tips. 



Hah. Britain, Zeller & Leech Colls. ; France, Sand Coll. ; Ger- 

 many, Zeller Coll.; EiTssiA, S.E. ; W. Siberia, Altai ; W.Turkestan, 

 Issyk-kul ; E. Turkestan, Hi ; Tibet, Amdo : E. Siberia, Zeller 

 Coll., 1 c5' ; Amurland, 8 c?, 6 §, Leech Coll., Ussuri ; Japan, 

 Tokio (Maries), 2 S type subdolens, Hakodate (Andreiues), 1 J , 

 Kiushiu, 1 2 , Grifu (Fryer), I S , Yokohama (Pryer), 1 c? , 6 $ , 

 (Jonas) 1 2 type canescens ; Corea, Gensan (Ito), 1 2 ; W. China, 

 Kiukiang (Pratt), 3 d" , 2 $ , Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 1 2 , Pu-tsu-fang, 

 1 c? , Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 2 2 ; Punjab, Thundiani (Yerhury), 2 cT , 



