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middle ; a submarginal cinereous zigzag line ; marginal fes- 

 toon black. Hind wings pale cinereous. Wings beneath 

 white, mostly cinereous towards the exterior border. Length 

 of the body 4 lines; expansion of the fore wings 11 lines. 

 Hor Tamanib. 



Fam. NocTUiDiE. — Gen. Agrotis, Ochs. 



13. Agrotis corticea, Wien. Verz. 81. Wady Ferran. In- 

 habits Europe. 



1 4. Agrotis spiculifera, Guen Noct. ii. 266. Hor Tamanib. 

 Inhabits S. Africa. 



15. Agrotis internexa. Female — Whitish, rather stout, 

 white beneath. Palpi porrect, with a short fringe beneath, 

 extending rather beyond the head; second joint mostly 

 black on the outer side ; third elongate-conical, nearly half 

 the length of the second. Abdomen extending rather beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs very slender ; femora slightly fringed; 

 tibiae and tarsi spinulose. Fore wings brownish cinereous, 

 with a lanceolate brown black-bordered streak near the base, 

 and with a brown streak between the black-bordered orbicular 

 and reniform marks; orbicular lanceolate, not oblique ; reni- 

 form large, of the usual shape; marginal points black. Hind 

 wings pure white, semihyaline. Wings beneath without 

 markings. Length of the body 6 — 7 lines ; expansion of the 

 fore wings 15 — 16 lines. Hor Tamanib. 



16. Agrotis inobtrusa, Male. — Cinereous, stout, white 

 beneath. Head with two indistinct brownish bands. Palpi 

 obliquely ascending, fringed beneath ; second joint mostly 

 brown above ; third porrect, linear, rounded at the tip, less 

 than half the length of the second, with which it forms an 

 obtuse angle. Antennae serrated and pubescent for about 

 three-fourths of the length from the base. Fore tegulae with 

 an indistinct slender brownish band. Abdomen extending 

 rather beyond the hind wings. Fore wings with two ante- 

 medial and with two postmedial indistinct transverse zigzag 

 brownish lines ; first postmedial line contiguous to the reni- 

 form mark, which, like the orbicular mark, is white ; orbicular 

 mark large, nearly round; reniform of the usual shape. Hind 



4 wings white. Wings beneath without markings. Length of 

 the body 7 J lines ; expansion of the fore wings 16 wings. 

 Mount Sinai. 



