534 NOCTTJID^. 



antemedial Hue oblique, double, waved, filled in with whitish ; the 

 claviform grej', defined by black, large, conical; the orbicular and 

 reniform large, grey defined by black and with some fuscous suffusion 

 at middle, the former oblique, elliptical, open above, the area before, 

 between, and below the stigmata suffused with dark brown ; the 

 postmedial line double, dentate, filled in with white, bent outwards 

 below costa, oblique to vein 5 where it is angled, then inwardly 

 oblique ; the subterminal line formed by a series of dentate whitish 

 and black marks, angled outwards at vein 7, the dentate marks 

 above veins 5 and 4 almost reaching the postmedial line, excurved 

 between veins 4 and 2, and incurved in submedian interspace : a 

 terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia brownish. Hind wing 

 brown, the cilia white ; the underside grey irrorated with brown 

 especially on terminal area ; a large discoidal lunule and curved 

 postmedial line. 



Ab. 1. iniplicata. Smaller, duller grey with the markings in- 

 distinct. — Greenland, Finland. 



Ab. 2. passeti. The ground-colour almost black. — Scotland. 

 Hartz Mts. 



Hab. Gkeenland ; Canada, Orilla (BusJi), 1 c? , Br. Columbia ; 

 U.S.A., N. & E. States, 1 d , Massachusetts, New York, Illinois 

 Colorado ; Europe, Central and Southern ; Germany, Zeller & Frey 

 Colls., 3 d' , 4 $ ; Russia, Finland, 1 J , St. Petersburg, 1 cJ , 1 $ ; 

 ISToETHEEiir Asia ; Central Asia ; Amttriand, Ussuri ; Coeea, 

 Gensan (LeecJi), 1 <S . Exp. 60-66 millim. 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 97 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iv. p. 108, pi. 150. f. 1. 



Brown with darker irroration ; dorsal and su.bdorsal lines pale 

 yellowish, the latter including a series of oblique dark marks ; 

 spiracular lines whitish, the dots pale yellowish ; head brown. 

 Food-plants : Primula, Taraxacum, etc. 9-5. 



*929. Lycophotia praefixa. 



Agrotis frcBfixa, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xviii. p. 117 (1875); Smith, 

 Oat. Noet. N. Am. p. 68. 



$ . Ash-grey sparsely irrorated with black. Fore wing with 

 the markings fuscous or black ; a small dark basal patch ; the sub- 

 basal line double ; the antemedial line oblique, sinuous ; claviform 

 strongly defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, concolorous 

 or pale, the former rather oblique, elliptical, open above, the latter 

 erect, narrow, with an unusually straight inner edge ; the cell 

 between the stigmata dusky ; a faint, rather narrow medial shade ; 

 postmedial line double at costa, then crenulate, bent outwards 

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

 pale, defined on inner side by a broad dark shade and on outer side 

 b}^ a slight shade not reaching costa or inner margin ; a lunulate 

 dark terminal line. Hind wing pale fuscous, darker towards 

 termen ; the underside grey irrorated with fuscous brown, a dark 

 discoidal lunule and postmedial line. 



Hah. U.S.A., Ptocky Mts. Exp. 42 millim. This species is un- 

 known to me. 



