AGROTIS. 445 



defined by the cell before aud between tbem being black ; an indis- 

 tinct waved oblique line from cell to inner margin ; the postmedial 

 line defined bj' grey on outer side, very minutely dentate, bent 

 outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; sub- 

 terminal line grey, defined by fuscous suffusion on its inner side, 

 slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a 

 terminal series of dark points. Hind wing grey tinged with ochreous, 

 the terminal area with fuscous ; the underside yellowish white, the 

 costal area thickly, the terminal area slightly irrorated with brown ; 

 traces of a curved postmedial line, more prominent towards costa. 



Hah. Russia, Urals ; W. Sibeeia, Dahuria, 16, 12? Altai, 3 5 ; 

 Tibet, Kuku-noor, Amdo ; Amuklaj\"d, Id", 1 § , Ussuri. Exi). 

 82 millim. 



761. Agrotis multangula. 



Noctua nmltangula, Hiibn. Saiuinl. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 116 (1827) ; 



Godt. Lep. Fr. t. p. 207, pi- (53. f. 6 ; Boisd. Icones, pi. 76. f. 2 ; Stuud. 



Cat. Lep. pal. p. 141. 

 Noctua siihrectangida, Stand. Cat.. Lep. Eur. p. 83 (1871). 

 Noctua dissoluta, Stand. Iris, xii. p. 361 (1899). 



Head, tegulae, and prothoracic crest pale ochreous mixed with 

 reddish brown ; palpi black at sides except at extremity ; tcguhn 

 black at base ; thorax pale reddish brown mixed with fuscous. 

 Fore wing pale red-brown, irrorated with dark brown and slightly 

 with white, especially on the veins to the postmedial line ; the sub- 

 basal line represented by double black striae from costa and median 

 nervure ; the antemedial line double, waved, angled outwards below 

 costa and more strongly above inner margin, and with a black spot 

 on its outer edge at base of claviform, which is large, slightly defined 

 by whitish and black and with a blackish streak from it to post- 

 medial line ; orbicular and reniform with whitish annuli defined by 

 black, the former round, the cell before and between them black, and 

 slight black streaks from the latter to postmedial line, which is double, 

 minutely dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent outwards 

 below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; the terminal area 

 suffused with fuscous ; the subterminal line pale, with slight dentate 

 black marks on its inner side at middle, angled outwards at vein 7 

 and slightly dentate at veins 4 and 3 ; a terminal series of black points. 

 Hind wing pale ochreous suffused with brown, especially on the veins 

 and terminal area ; cilia whitish with a brown line at base ; the 

 underside whitish, the costal area irrorated with brown, the terminal 

 area suffused with fuscous especially towards apex, a slight curved 

 postmedial line. 



Ab. 1. suhrectangula. Slightly darker. 



Ab. 2. dissoluta. Paler ; the fore wing greyer. 



Hah. France, Sand Coll.; Germany, Zeller&Frey Colls. ; Austria, 

 Zeller Coll.; Hungary, Leech Coll.; Switzerland, Frey Coll.; 

 N. Spain; Russia, Urals; Armenia, Caucasus, Zeller Coll.; Asia 

 Minor, Pontus ; Persia ; W. Turkestan, Issyk-kul ; E. Turkestan, 

 Kashgar, Hi ; Tibet, Amdo ; Amurland, Ussuri. Ke_p. 32-36 

 millim. 



