614 



N0CXUID2E. 



at vein 1 ; a brown antemedial line defined by grey on inner side, 

 acutely angled oiLtwards below costa and above inner margin and 

 excurved below cell ; orbiciilar and reniform grey, defined by black, 

 the former rather oblique, elliptical, and with a black streak below 

 it from antemedial line to the reniform ; the postmedial line strongly 

 bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to points on 

 the veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, defined by grey on outer 

 side, and stronger at costa as also are the antemedial and subbasal 

 lines ; an indistinct subterminal line defined by grey on outer side, 

 angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, a slight terminal 

 series of points. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia grey at tips. 

 Underside of both wings with indistinct discoidal spot and curved 

 postmedial line. 



Ab. 1. hadicoUis. Fore wing greyer, irrorated with black and 

 sometimes tinged with ferruginous ; the black markings strong, 

 the black sometimes filling end of cell; a small black-edged clavi- 

 form stigma. 



Ab. 2. janualis. Like typical form, but without the black streak 

 in the cell. 



Hah. CAJfADA, Eenfrew Co., 1 c5" , 1 § ; U.S.A., Massachusetts, 

 Abingdon {Bates), 1 S ,2 5 , New York, 4 d" , 4 $ , type and type 

 janualis, Washington D.C., Virginia, 1 $ , Colorado (CocJcerell), 1 5 • 

 E.Vj:). 40-44 millim. 



1064. Enrols tenebrifera. (Plate LXXVI. fig. 23.) 



Hadena tenehrifera, Wlk. xxxiii. 727 (1865) ; Smith, Cat. Noet. N. Am. 



p. 62. 

 Mat'iita catherina, Grote, Can. Ent. vi. p. 116 (1874). 

 Agrotis manifesto labes, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 166 (1874). 



Head and thorax rufous, the scales tipped with grey ; palpi black, 

 tipped with white ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen pale whitish 

 brown, the ventral surface dark ferruginous. Fore wing ferruginous 

 with some dark irroration ; an indistinct subbasal line from costa to 

 vein 1; traces of an indistinct slightly curved antemedial line; 

 orbicular and reniform indistinct, defined by an irroration of white 

 scales on the ground-colour, the former oblique, elliptical ; traces of 

 a dentate postmedial line bent outwards below costa and incurved 

 below vein 4 ; traces of a sinuous subterminal line ; some terminal 

 dark points. Hind wing pale reddish brown ; the underside with 

 discoidal lunule and sinuous postmedial line. 



Hah. Cai^ada {Norman), 1 5 ; U.S.A., Northern, Eastern, and 

 Middle States, Massachusetts, Cambridge {Morrison), 1 S , type 

 onanifestolahes. Exp. 36 millim. 



Sect. II. (Eurois). Antennae of male ciliated. 



A. Fore wing not tinged with green. 



a. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell indeterminaia. 



b. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell. 



a}. Tegulro white with dark tips steUaris. 



