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the veins, defined by pale pinkish on outer side, bent outwards 

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

 terminal line angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; 

 a terminal series of dark points sometimes present; a fine ochreous 

 line at base of cilia. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area 

 suffused with pale brown ; the underside whiter, a dark discoidal 

 lunule and curved postmedial series of points on the veins. 



Hah. W.Turkestan, Perghana, Turcomania, 1 (^,1 $. Exjp., 

 <S JO, 5 46 millim. 



871. Episilia alaina. (Plate LXXIII. fig. 23.) 



Agrotis alaina, Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 5; id. Cut. Lep. pal. p. 144. 



Head and thorax grey mixed with blackish, the base of tegiilte 

 and patagia and the slight pro- and metathoracio crests ochreous 

 tinged with pink; abdomen grey, tinged with ochreous brown. 

 Fore wing slate-grey ; the discal and subtermiual folds suffused 

 witfi blood-red from the antemedial to the subtermiual line ; the 

 subbasal line double, waved, from coita to submedian fold ; the 

 antemedial line double, irregularly dentate and filled in with 

 ochreous ; orbicular and reniform defined with ochreous, the 

 former round ; the postmedial line slightly defined bv ochreous on 

 outer side, dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent 

 outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; the 

 subtermiual line ochreous, minutely waved, angled outwards at 

 vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of dark points ; 

 cilia brown. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the cilia brown ; the 

 underside ochreous whitish, a iuscous lunule and somewhat sinuous 

 postmedial line. 



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 Turkestan, Ivorla. Exjj. 40 millim. 



872. Episilia jimonia. 



Agrotis jtuionia, Staucl. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1881, p. 415; Alph. Eom. Mein. 

 V. pi. 8. f. 7 ; Staucl. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 144. 



Head and thorax white, mixed with grey and more or less strongly 

 tinged with fulvous or blood-red; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen 

 whitish, tinged with ochreous brown. Fore wing ochreous white, 

 more or less strongly and completely irrurated and suffused with 

 blue-grey, and with some pale fulvous or blood-red suffusion in sub- 

 median and discal folds; a double waved grey subbasal line from 

 costa to submedian fold ; an irreg-ularly dentate whitish antemedial 

 line defined on each side by blue-grey, more strongly angled inwards 

 on vein 1 ; orbicular and reniform blue-grey defined by whitish, 

 the former small, round ; the postmedial line dentate and produced 

 to points on the veins, blue-grey, defined by whitish on outer side, 

 bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; 

 subtermiual line waved, whitish, excurved at vein 7 and middle ; 

 cilia pale brown. Hind wing whitish, suffused with fuscous brown ; 



