482 NOCTTJID.'E. 



before and below the orbicular and between it and reniform being 

 rnfons, the former rounded, the latter with slight fuscous mark at 

 its lower extremity ; the posfcmedial line indistinct, dentate, and 

 produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa and 

 oblique below vein 4 ; the subterminal line very indistinct, waved, 

 the veins beyond it with slight dark streaks ; a terminal series of 

 points. Hind wing pale fuscous, the cilia rufous ; the underside 

 pale rufous irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and traces 

 of a curved postmedial line. 



Nah. Tibet, Yatung {Hohsoii), 2 J ; SiicniM (Eliues), 2 $ type. 

 E.r^). 34-40 millim. Type f d in Coll. Elwes. 



829, Episilia hersi. 



Jc/rotis hcrzi, Christ. Iris, vi. p. 90 (1893) ; Alph. Eora. Mem. ix. pi. 14. 

 ■f. 7 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 141. 



J. Head and thorax pale reddish brown mixed with grey ; palpi 

 rufous, pale at tips ; abdomen greyish fuscous, the anal tuft ochreous. 

 Fore wing pale olive grey-brown, suffused in parts with rufous 

 especially towards termen ; a waved rufous antemcdial line, oblique 

 from costa to submedian fold ; orbicular and reniform defined by 

 rufous, the former round, the latter suffused with rufous ; an oblique 

 diffused line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; the post- 

 medial line slightly Avaved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to 

 vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line slightly waved, only defined 

 by dark suffusion on its inner edge ; a dark terminal line. Hind 

 wing I'uscous brown ; the cilia yellowish white ; the underside 

 greyish suffused with fuscous, and with rufous towards costa, a 

 dark discoidal lunule and traces of curved postmedial and subterminal 

 lines. 



Hob. Mongolia, Uliassutai, 1 d" , Changai Mts. ; S.E. Siberia. 

 Uxj). 32 millim. 



830. Episilia coturnicula. (Plate LXXIT. fig. 26.) 



Agrotis coturnicula, Gra3s. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1892, p. 219; Stand. Cat. Lep. 

 pal. p 142. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale reddish brown with an 

 oli\-e tinge ; palpi bright rufous, pale at tips. Fore wing pale 

 rufous ; the subbasal line represented by a rufous point on costa ; 

 the antemedial line rufous, angled outwards below costa, in sub- 

 median fold and above inner margin ; orbicular and reniform 

 defined by rufous, large, the former irregularly rounded, the latter 

 with rufous centre ; a medial shade angled at lower angle of cell ; 

 postmedial line produced to slight points on the veins, bent out- 

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

 line indistinct, with darker rufous patch on its inner side at costa, 

 slightly angled at vein 7 and incurved below vein 3 ; a fine terminal 

 line. Hind wing fuscous brown, paler towards base and inner 

 margin; cilia yellowish white; the underside whitish, the costal 



