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area suffused with rufous, the terminal area "with brown, traces of 

 a curved posfcmedial line. 



Hah. Amurland, Potrovka, 1 J . E.vp. 36 millim. 



831. Episilia littoralis. (Plate LXXII. fig. 27.) 



Agrotis littoralis, Pact. Proc. Post. Soc. N. H. xi. p. o6 (186S) ; Smith, 



Oat. Noct. N. Am. p. 62. 

 Psevdorthosia pectinata, Grote, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. p. 207 (P^74). 

 Pachnobiaferriiginoides, Smith, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. 38, p. 56 (1890). 



c? . Head and thorax pale ferruginous ; abdomen ochreous irro- 

 rated with fuscous brown. JFore wing pale ferruginous ; traces of 

 an oblique antemedial line; the orbicular very indistinct, round, 

 with ferruginous annulus ; reniform obscure, small, on the rather 

 oblique ferruginous medial shade ; traces of a curved postmedial 

 line; the subterminal line defined by a curved ferruginous band on 

 its inner edge. Hind wing fuscous brown, with traces of a dark 

 discoidal spot ; cilia pale. 



2 with the markings more distinct. 



Hah. Canada, Labrador, Caribou I. ; U.S.x4.., Montana, Elack Hills, 

 Colorado, Hall Valley, 1 c? type pectinata. Exp. 38 millim. 



*832. Episilia monocliromatea. (Plate LXXII. fig. 28.) 



Agrotis monocliromatea, Morr. Proc. Post. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 165 (1874) ; 

 Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 62. 



2 . Head and thorax red-brown ; abdomen grey, the extremitj' 

 rufous. Pore wing fuscous grey, entirely and evenly suffused with 

 bright red-brown ; an indistinct curved dark antemedial line ; the 

 postmedial line oblique from costa just beyond middle to vein 4 

 where it is angled, then strongly incurved and slightlj' angled out- 

 wards on vein 1 ; no trace of the stigmata or other markings. 

 Hind wing grey suffused with fuscous brown, the cilia whitish ; 

 the underside whitish, the costal area tinged with rufous, traces of 

 a diffused postmedial line more distinct towards costa. 



llcib. U.S.A., Xew Hampshire, Durham, in Coll. J, B. Smith, 

 Massachusetts. Exp. 32 millim. 



833. Episilia xanthostola. (Plate LXXII. fig. 29.) 



Agrotis aunthostokc, IMab. Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) ix. p. 61 (1885). 

 Agrotis dalei, Butl. A. M. N. H. (6) xii. p. 207 (1893). 



c? . Head and thorax brownish ochreous ; palpi black at sides 

 except towards extremity ; extremity of 1st joint of antenna black ; 

 pectus blackish in front ; legs strongly irrorated with black ; abdo- 

 men ochreous white tinged with fuscous, the anal tuft and ventral 

 surface ferruginous red. Pore wing pale brownish ochreous sparsely 

 striated with black, the margins tinged with rufous ; the markings 

 obsolete except a faint trace of the reniform and the postmedial 

 line, which is represented by a series of black points on the veins, 



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