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median vein, the inner one double ; reniform spot white, varied with brown ; a brown-spotted 

 white spot from the outer line to near the external angle ; outer border grey, varied with 

 blackish, and bounded within by a series of testaceous spots ; a black wavy marginal line : 

 secondaries brown ; the fringe, outer margin, and a central spot ochreous ; marginal border 

 brown, two or three black spots on the fringe. Primaries below blackish, the costa spotted 

 with white at apex ; fringe spotted with ochraceous ; costa irrorated with brown ; a disco- 

 cellular lunule and the border black. Expanse of wings 1 inch 9 lines. 

 Yokohama {Jonas). 



AGROTIS, Ochsenheimer. 



Agrotis ingrata. (Plate XXIX. fig. 9.) 



Agrotis ingrata, Butler, Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. i. p. 162 (1878). 



? . Primaries above dark smoky grey, with black-speckled irregular white outer border ; 

 discoidal spots black-edged ; a short black dash below the cell ; a large whitish patch at base 

 of internal area ; two irregular brown-edged white lines across the basal area ; apical third of 

 costa white-spotted ; a series of black marginal spots : secondaries sordid white, with dusky 

 borders : thorax pale grey ; abdomen brownish testaceous, whitish at base. Wings below paler, 

 with black-speckled costal areas ; black discocellular and marginal spots ; primaries with 

 whitish outer border ; body greyish. Expanse of wings 1 inch 8 lines. 

 Yokohama (Jonas). 



Agrotis ustulata. (Plate XXIX. fig. 10.) 

 Agrotis ustulata, Butler, Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. i. p. 162 (1878). 



Primaries above shining dark grey, clouded with whity brown ; costa pale grey, crossed 

 by oblique black dashes ; discoidal spots and a spot at base whity brown and black-edged ; 

 two sinuated central black lines from the discoidal spots to the inner margin ; outer border 

 irregular, whitish at apex, internally white-edged : secondaries sordid whitish, with dusky 

 outer border ; body greyish. Wings below paler than above, shining, immaculate ; body 

 clothed with slightly reddish hairs. Expanse of wings 1 inch 8 lines. 



Yokohama (Jonas). 



SP^LOTIS, Boisduval. 



Spauotis nitens. (Plate XXIX. fig. 8.) 



Spaelotis nitens, Butler, Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. i. p. 161 (1878). 



Pale shining greyish brown ; discoidal spots of primaries white-edged ; costa spotted with 

 black and white ; four white-edged dentate-sinuate blackish lines, the first two near the base, 



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