576 NociriDiE. 



side grey irrorated witli brown, a curved postmedial line and dark 

 terminal band, 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with the dark brown shades replaced by 

 ochreous broAvn. — Syria. 



Ab. 2. racldei. Paler and greyer, especially on underside except 

 on terminal area ; fore wing with short black streak from lower 

 extremity of subbasal line, the medial shade reduced to a waved 

 line, the subterminal line defined by a series of dentate black marks 

 on its inner side. — AV. Asia. 



Hah. Feance, Pyrenees ; N. SpaijST, Tragacete (Chapman) 

 Switzerland, Frey Coll. ; jN". Italy ; Hungary, Zeller Coll. 

 Armenia, Caucasus, Leech Coll.; Asia Minor, Pontus, Taurus 

 Stria, Leech Coll. ; Persia, Sliahkuh, Zeller Coll.; W. Turkestan, 

 Turcomania. Exj). 30-36 millim. 



1006. Lycophotia brunnescens, n. sp, (Plate LXXY. fig. 29.) 



S . Head and thorax rufous mixed with white ; head white in 

 front, the palpi except at extremity and frontal tuft at sides black- 

 brown ; abdomen whitish, dorsally tinged with fuscous towards 

 extremity, the anal tuft pale fulvous. Fore wing ochreous whitish, 

 suff^uscd and irrorated with purplish brown ; the subbasal line 

 double, waved, from costa to submedian fold : the antemedial line 

 indistinct, double, waved ; claviform represented by a black point 

 at its extremity ; orbicular and reuiform whitish defined by brown, 

 the former rather quadrate, open above and below ; the postmedial 

 line minutely dentate, slightly bent outwards below costa, excurved 

 to vein 4, then incurved ; the terminal area rather more strongly 

 suffused with brown ; a very indistinct pale subterminal line angled 

 outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a waved dark terminal 

 line. Hind wing pale brownish ; the cilia white with dark line at 

 base ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a slight dark 

 discoid al point and sinuous postmedial line. 



Hah. N. China, Hai-ning {J. J. Wal]cer), 1 c? type. E.vj}. 42 

 millim. 



1007. Lycophotiamolibdoida. (Plate LXXV. fig. 30.) 



Agrotis molibdoida, Staud. Hamburg. Magalhaens. iv. p. 61, f. 14 (1898). 



5 . Head and thorax leaden fuscous, more or less strongly mixed 

 with ferruginous ; abdomen brownish grey, the anal tuft tinged 

 with rufous, the ventral surface ochreous irrorated with fuscous. 

 Fore wing leaden fuscous, more or less strongly suffused with 

 ferruginous; an indistinct Avaved dark antemedial line excurved 

 below cell ; orbicular and reniform small, indistinctly defined by 

 ferruginous, the former round : the postmedial line indistinct, 

 dentate, bent outwards beloAV costa, excurved to vein 4, then in- 

 curved. Hind Aving broAvnish fuscous, whitish towards base and 

 inner margin ; cilia yellowish Avhite ; the underside yellowish Avhite 



