﻿Leioidoptera 
  collected 
  hi 
  Madeira. 
  205 
  

  

  Brijopldla 
  maderoisis, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Primaries 
  uniformly 
  dark 
  grey. 
  The 
  dark 
  central 
  area 
  is 
  en- 
  

   closed 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  side 
  by 
  a 
  pale 
  grey 
  wavy, 
  almost 
  perpendicular, 
  

   stripe, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  side 
  by 
  a 
  very 
  frequently 
  and 
  sharply 
  

   toothed 
  black 
  line, 
  edged 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  with 
  whitish, 
  

   which 
  line 
  recedes 
  well 
  back 
  between 
  the 
  median 
  and 
  submedian 
  

   veins, 
  but 
  advances 
  again 
  from 
  the 
  latter 
  to 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  ; 
  

   this 
  line 
  is 
  occasionally 
  somewhat 
  indistinct, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  almost 
  make 
  

   the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  three-fourths 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  look 
  uniform 
  dark 
  

   grey. 
  The 
  reniform 
  stigma 
  is 
  more 
  distinct 
  than 
  usual, 
  being 
  

   defined 
  by 
  a 
  fine 
  black 
  margin 
  immediately 
  above 
  it. 
  The 
  costa 
  

   has 
  two 
  whitish 
  spots 
  ; 
  the 
  extreme 
  posterior 
  margin 
  is 
  rather 
  

   paler 
  than 
  the 
  central 
  area, 
  with 
  a 
  somewhat 
  roughly 
  spotted 
  

   appearance. 
  The 
  fringes 
  are 
  grey, 
  with 
  the 
  usual 
  dark 
  dividing 
  

   line 
  strongly 
  scalloped. 
  Secondaries 
  uniform 
  dark 
  brownish 
  grey 
  ; 
  

   fringes 
  paler 
  grey, 
  with 
  a 
  dark 
  dividing 
  line. 
  Thorax 
  and 
  

   abdomen 
  same 
  hue 
  as 
  the 
  primaries 
  and 
  secondaries, 
  respectively. 
  

   Al. 
  ex., 
  28—29 
  mm. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  does 
  not 
  come 
  very 
  near 
  any 
  European 
  

   species, 
  but 
  approaches 
  closest 
  to 
  edges, 
  but 
  may 
  be 
  at 
  

   once 
  separated 
  from 
  it 
  by 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  any 
  green 
  

   tinge, 
  by 
  its 
  uniform 
  dark 
  grey 
  hue, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  dark 
  

   central 
  area 
  being 
  bordered 
  on 
  its 
  basal 
  margin 
  by 
  a 
  

   whitish 
  grey 
  band, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  serrated 
  line 
  on 
  its 
  

   posterior 
  margin. 
  Not 
  uncommon 
  in 
  Madeira. 
  

  

  Agrotis 
  (Tryphcena) 
  pronuha, 
  L. 
  

   Abundant 
  in 
  Madeira, 
  and 
  variable 
  as 
  usual. 
  

  

  Agrotis 
  saucia, 
  Hb. 
  

  

  Abundant, 
  and 
  similar 
  to 
  British 
  examples 
  in 
  all 
  

   respects. 
  

  

  Agrotis 
  segetum, 
  Schiff. 
  

  

  Fairly 
  common 
  around 
  Funchal, 
  and 
  variable 
  as 
  

   usual. 
  

  

  Mamestra 
  (Hecatera) 
  maderce, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  (PI. 
  XII., 
  fig. 
  3). 
  

   Primaries 
  rather 
  dark 
  ash-grey 
  ; 
  orbicular 
  and 
  reniform 
  stigma 
  

   very 
  distinct, 
  and 
  encircled 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  line. 
  Of 
  the 
  toothed 
  

   transverse 
  hues, 
  the 
  first, 
  by 
  the 
  base, 
  is 
  pale, 
  edged 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  

  

  