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black streak from it to postmeclinl line ; orbicular and reuiform 

 brownish ochreo us defined by black, the former elliptical, the cell 

 before and between them black, a black streak from the reniform to 

 the postmedial line, which is double, dentate, bent outwards below 

 costa, escurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line ochreous 

 defined by black suffusion before it, angled outwards at vein 7 and 

 escurved at middle, then angled inwards in submedian fold ; a ter- 

 minal series of small black lunules. Hiud wiiig pale ochreous 

 suff"ased with fuscous brown ; the veins darker; the cilia ochreous 

 ■white ; the underside whitish, the costal area irrorated with brown, 

 a discoidal point and curved postmedial line on costal area. 



Ab. 1. defuncta. Browner ; fore wing with the markings more 

 distinct. — Issyk-kul, Hi. 



Hah. Peksia ; W. Turkestan, Ferghana, Issyk-kul, 1 $ ; E. 

 Turkestan, Hi. ExiJ. 42-46 millim. 



949. Lycophotia truculenta. (Plate LXXIV. fig. 26.) 



Agrotis frucidenta, Led. Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1853, p. 367, pi- 3. f. 3 ; 

 Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 147. 



S ■ Head and thorax pale grey-brown mixed with black ; 

 patagia edged with blackish ; abdomen brownish grey. Pore wing 

 grey suffused with ochreous brown ; claviform a long narrow streak 

 extending almost to base and defined by black except above towards 

 base ; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and whitish 

 annuli, the former very elongate wedge-shaped and defined by black 

 except above towards base, the latter defined by black on inner side 

 and slightly on outer side and below ; some white points on costa 

 towards apex ; the subterminal line indistinct, whitish, dentate, 

 angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, defined on 

 inner side by a series of wedge-shaped black marks ; a waved 

 terminal black line; cilia whitish, with brown lines through them. 

 Hind wing white, the veins towards termen and a fine terminal line 

 brown ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown. 



Nab. W. Siberia, 1 c? , Zeller Coll., Altai ; W. Turkestan, Issyk- 

 kul ; E. Turkestan, Hi. Ex^). 44 millim, 



950. Lycophotia toxistigma, n. sp. (Plate LXXIV. fig. 27.) 



cj' . Head and thorax pale brown mixed with black ; tegnlae with 

 black medial line and tips ; patagia edged with black ; tarsi banded 

 with black. Fore wing brownish white ; the veins streaked with 

 fuscous ; a black streak below base of cell confluent with the clavi- 

 form, which is elongate, defined by black and filled in with fuscous ; 

 subbasal line represented by two black spots on costa, the antemedial 

 line by two black spots on costa and an angle above inner margin ; 

 cell filled in with fuscous; orbicular and reniform with brownish 

 centres and white annuli defined by black, the former diamond- 

 shaped, the latter large ; postmedial line represented by two black 

 spots on costa ; subterminal line white, punctiform, angled outwards, 



