448 NOCTTJID^. 



costa and cell ; the antcmedial line angled outwards below costa 

 and above inner margin and inwards on vein 1, developed into spots 

 at costa and below cell ; claviform defined by whitish, large ; 

 orbicular and reniform defined by whitish, the former round, the 

 latter angled inwards and confluent with orbicular on median 

 uervure, a quadrate black spot between them in cell, with two 

 small black spots above it on costa ; the postmedial line indistinct, 

 bent outwards below costa, dentate to vein 2, then incurved; hardly 

 a trace of the subterminal line ; cilia fuscous mixed with ochreous. 

 Hind wing ochreous whitish suffused with fuscous brown, especially 

 towards termen ; cilia ochreous white with brown line at base ; 

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

 area suffused with brown ; a discoidal point and curved postmedial 

 line. 



Ilah. Can^ada, Calgary, in Coll. Schaus. Exp. 38 millim. 



766. Agrotis atrifrons. (Plate LXXI. fig. 24.) 



Agrotis afrifrons, Grote, Bull. BufF. Soc. IVat. Sci. i. p. 97 (1873) ; Smith, 

 Cat. Noc't. N. Am. p. 77. 



c? . Prons black ; palpi and vertex of head grey-brown with a 

 slight rufous tinge, the former blackish at extremity ; thorax grey- 

 brown irrorated with grey ; legs marked with fuscous above ; 

 abdomen grey irrorated with brown, the lateral tufts of hair 

 towards extremity pinkish. Pore wing grey irrorated with black 

 and suft'used with ferruginous red on disk and terminal area ; a 

 subbasal black striga from costa ; the antemedial line black, oblique, 

 minutely dentate, with a longer tooth above inner margin ; the 

 stigmata obsolete ; a slight blackish medial shade angled at lower 

 angle of cell ; the postmedial line black, minutely dentate and 

 produced to short streaks on the veins, bent outwards below costa, 

 excurved to vein 4, then incurved, and at inner margin somewhat 

 approximated to the antemedial line ; the veins of terminal area 

 slightly streaked with black ; no trace of subterminal line. Hind 

 wing white, the veins and terminal area from apex to vein 2 

 brownish. Underside of both wings with curved dark postmedial 

 line obsolete towards inner margin ; hind wing with the costal 

 area irrorated with brown. 



Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, 1 J , i^^evv Mexico, Arizona. Exp. 38 

 millim. 



767. Agrotis piscipellis. (Plate LXXI. fig. 25.) 



Agrotis piscipellis, Grote, Can. Eiit. x. p. 233 (1878) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. 

 N. Am. p. 76. 



(S . Head and thorax rufous ; the palpi at tips and frons deep 

 black ; legs irrorated with black ; pectus with some pale hair ; 

 abdomen grey-brown, the anal tuft ochreous, the ventral surface 

 tinged with rufous. Fore Aving rufous slightly irrorated with grey ; 

 the subbasal line represented by a black point on costa ; the ante- 



