65(5 



NOCTUID^. 



Sect. II. Anteunre of male with short cilia. 



1126. Protagrotis viralis. 



A(jrotin viralis, Grote, Bull. Geol. Surv. vi. p. 2(50 (1850) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. 

 'N.Am. p. 132. 



(S . Head and thorax pale red-brown mixed with grey ; abdomen 

 pale red-brown, whitish towards base. Fore wing whitish, largelj^ 

 suffused with pale red-browu, the veins whitish : a short black 

 streak below base of cell and an oblique subbasal streak from inner 

 margin to vein 1 ; antemedial line obsolete ; a brown patch above 

 middle of vein 1, with two black streaks on its upper edge on each 

 side of submedian fold ; orbicular and reniform whitish, the former 

 small, narrow, oblique, the latter with darker centre, some brown 



Fig. 125. — Vrotagrotis viralis, ^. 



suffusion in cell before and between them ; postmedial line almost 

 obsolete, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; 

 subterminal line pale, angled outwards at vein 7, dentate at veins 3, 4, 

 with some small dentate black marks on its inner side at middle and 

 the area beyond it darker ; a terminal series of black points. Hind 

 wing whitish suffused with brown, and with the terminal area 

 darker. Underside more ochreous ; hind wing with black discoidal 

 point. 



$ . Thorax mixed with black ; fore Aviug suffused with black 

 and with the black markings more prominent. 



Hah. U.S.A., Nebraska, 1 6 type, Colorado {Coekerell), 1 $. 

 Kvj)., <S 40, $ 46 millim. 



