AGROTIS. 



457 



reniform outlined with black, the former round, open above, the latter 

 with large blackish spot on its outer edge ; the postmedial line 

 dentate, with some pale scales on its outer edge, bent outwards 

 below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; an indistinct greyish 

 subterminal line excurved below costa. Hind wing yellowish white, 

 the veins and terminal area tinged with brown ; the underside irro- 

 rated with brown, with discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. 



2 . Abdomen darker ; hind wing fuscous brown. 



Hab. U.S.A., Colorado,! d" , 1 $ , California, Sierra Nevada, 1 $ 

 type. Exj), 46-48 millim. 



*784. Agrotis aucta. 



Affrotis aucta, Alph. Rom. Mem. yi. p. 25, pi. 2. f. 3 (1892); Stautl. Cat. 

 Lep. pal. pp. lo6, 254. 



Head and thorax pale brownish grey, sometimes with a reddish 

 tinge ; abdomen brownish white. Fore wing brownish grey, some- 

 times with a slight reddish tinge ; subbasal line represented by two 

 slight stride from costa ; traces of a double, waved, antemedial line 

 angled inwards on vein 1 ; claviform defined by a few dark scales 

 at its extremity ; orbicular and reniform large, slightly defined by 

 fuscous, the former open above ; postmedial line indistinct or nearly 

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

 below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; subterminal line 

 defined by a dark shade on its inner side, angled outwards at 

 vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of black 

 points. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal half suffused 

 with brown, the inner area with an ochreous tinge; cilia white ; 

 the underside white, the costal area irrorated with brown ; a dis- 

 coidal lunule and postmedial series of points on the veins. 



Hab. Tibet, Kuku-noor, in Coll. Phngeler ; W. CniisrA. Kvjx 

 48 millim. 



785. Agrotis sqiialida. (Plate LXXTI. fig. 5.) 



Agrotis squalida, Guen. Noct. i. p. 300(1852) ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 136. 

 Agrotis confinis, Stautl. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1881, p. 422. 



Head and thorax pale brown ; abdomen brownish white. Fore 

 wing brownish grey irrorated with dark brown ; an indistinct waved 

 subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; the antemedial line 

 twice angled inwards in cell, excurved below cell and angled strongly 

 inwards on vein 1 : orbicular and reniform almost obsolete ; traces 

 of a medial shade ; the postmedial line dentate and produced to 

 points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, 

 then incurved ; a slight subterminal shade, very slightly angled 

 outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of 

 points. Hind wing whitish suffiised with pale brown, especially 

 towards margins ; veins brown ; the underside whiter, with post- 

 medial series of white points on the veins. 



Other specimens have the head and thorax much darker ; fore 

 wing irrorated with fuscous, the antemedial line double, the clavi- 



