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17. Agrotis? mollis. Male. — Whitish, rather slender. 

 Palpi rather slender, obliquely ascending, not rising higher 

 than the vertex, slightly fringed beneath ; second joint 

 blackish above ; third elongate-conical, about one-fourth of 

 the length of the second. Antennae hardly pubescent. Ab- 

 domen extending somewhat beyond the hind wings; apical 

 tuft small. Fore wings with four diffuse blackish zigzag 

 transverse lines; first line near the base ; second antemedial; 

 third postmedial ; fourth submarginal ; reniforni mark brown, 

 large, of the usual form. Length of the body 6 lines; ex- 

 pansion of the fore wings 16 lines. Mount Sinai. 



18. Agrotis?? marginata. Male. — Whitish, stout. Palpi 

 porrect, stout, not extending beyond the head ; third joint 

 extremely short. Antennae minutely pubescent. Thorax 

 smooth. Abdomen extending very little beyond the hind 

 wings ; apical tuft small. Legs stout, hardly fringed. Fore 

 wings with four black slender zigzag bands ; first, second 

 and third bands much abbreviated towards the interior 

 border ; first and third more abbreviated than the second ; 

 fourth not abbreviated, contiguous, except near the costa, to 

 a very broad marginal blackish band. Hind wings with a 

 broad cinereous border. Length of the body 8 lines ; ex- 

 pansion of the fore wings 21 lines. Wady Genneh. Mount 

 Sinai. 



Fam. XYLiNiDiE. — Gen. Xylina, Ochs. 

 Group n. 

 Female. Body moderately stout. Proboscis long, slender. 

 Palpi ascending, very short and slender, fringed beneath, not 

 rising higher than the base of the rostrum ; third joint conical, 

 not more than one-fourth of the length of the second. An- 

 tennae slender. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs smooth, slender ; hind tibiae with very slender 

 spurs. Wings broad ; exterior border slightly dentate. Fore 

 wings slightly acute ; exterior border slightly rounded, rather 

 oblique. 



19. Xylina? infusa. Female. — Mouse-colour, whitish be- 

 neath. Abdomen cinereous. Fore wings with a few testa- 

 ceous costal dots, with two large testaceous costal patches, 

 and with a zigzag testaceous submarginal line ; marginal 

 festoon blackish. Hind wings cinereous, with a broad mouse- 



