666 h NOCTUiDji;. 



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616 a. Feltia obliqua. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 20.) 

 Feltia oblique, Smith, Can. Ent. xxsv. p. 129 (1903). 



S- Head ochreous browa ; sides of palpi and froiis blackish; 

 tegulge ochreous at base, witti black medial line and grey tips ; 

 thorax grey slightly mixed with brown, the patagia with slight 

 black edges ; tibiae and tarsi blackish, ringed with white ; abdomen 

 fuscous brown, irrorated with grey below. Fore wing grey with a 

 slight purplish tinge, the medial costal area rather darker ; sub- 

 basal line represented by two black points on costa ; the ante- 

 medial line black slightly defined by grey on inner side, minutely 

 waved from costa to submedian fold, angled inwards on vein 1 

 and very strongly outwards above inner margin ; orbicular and 

 reniform small, grey defined by black, the former produced to 

 a slight point on outer side, the latter with black streak in 

 discal fold from it to the postmedial line, which is black, double 

 at costa, then the outer line indistinct, dentate, very slightly bent 

 outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; sub- 

 terminal line indistinct, whitish, defined by slight dentate black 

 marks before it at middle and prominent ones beyond it, angled 

 outwards at vein 7 and dentate to termen at veins 4, 3 ; a dark 

 line near base of cilia. Hind wing uniform brownish grey ; the 

 cilia grey, with a brown line near base ; the underside pale, 

 the costal and terminal areas tinged with brown, a small discoidal 

 spot and sinuous postmedial line. 



Hah. Canada, Alberta, Calgary ( Wollen Dod), 1 S . Exp. 

 36 millim. 



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765 a. Agrotis mcerens. (Plate LXXVIII. fig. 18.) 



Agrotis moerens, Staud. Iris, ix. p. 365, pi. 4. f. 3 (1896) ; id. Cat. Lep. pal. 

 p. 139. 



S . Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; tegulae with 

 the basal half blackish ; abdomen ochreous tinged with fuscous, 

 the ventral surface blackish. Fore wing blackish, suff'ased with 

 purplish grey ; the subbasal line represented by double black 

 striae from costa and median nervure ; the antemedial line slightly 

 waved, excurved above inner margin ; claviform well developed, 

 defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by the cell before 

 and between them and the area from the latter to postmedial line 

 being black, the orbicular open above ; postmedial line indistinct, 

 minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, 

 then oblique ; subterminal line represented by an indistinct series 

 of small dentate black marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and 

 excurved at middle. Hind wing fuscous brown, rather paler in 

 cell ; the underside pale except costal and terminal areas ; a slight 

 discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. 



liab. Mongolia, Urga, Sajan, 1 cS . Exp. 33 millim. 



