692 , CATALOGUE OF 



beyond the reniform mark ; submarginal line zigzag, of the ground 

 hue, but distinguished by the brownish shade which it traverses; 

 marginal line black, festooned ; orbicular and reniform marks large, 

 with black borders, which are interrupted in front, the former slightly 

 elongated and oblique, the latter of the usual form. Hind wings 

 pale cinereous, darker towards the exterior border ; discal point and 

 veins also darker ; fringe white. Length of the body 8 lines ; of 

 the wings 18 lines. 



West Canada. In the Rev. Mr. Bethune's collection. 



Agrotis keticens. 



Foam. Fuscescente-cinerca, nigro compersa; palpi oblique as- 

 cendenles, articulo 3o minimo ; antenna subsetulosce ; alee 

 anlicce lineis tribus nigris duplicatis, la indeterminata, 2a 

 dentata, 3a denticulata, spatio marginali nigricante lineam 

 submarginalem angulosam fuscescente cineream includente, 

 orbicular i et reniformi nigro marginatis ; posticce cinerem, 

 apud marginem obscuriores, puncio discali venisque nigri- 

 cantibus. 



Female, Brownish cinereous, minutely black-speckled. Palpi 

 obliquely ascending, not rising near so high as the vertex ; second 

 joint with short hairs; third extremely small. Antenna? very 

 minutely setulose. Abdomen cinereous, extending a little beyond 

 the hind wings. Fore wings with three transverse double black 

 lines ; first near the base, very incomplete ; second dentate, on the 

 inner side of the orbicular mark ; third denticulate, beyond the 

 reniform mark ; submarginal line zigzag, of the ground hue, but 

 distinguished by the blackish shade which it traverses ; marginal 

 line composed of black lunules ; orbicular and reniform marks black- 

 bordered, the former oblique and oblong, the latter of the usual 

 form. Hind wings cinereous, darker towards the exterior border; 

 discal point and veins blackish ; fringe whitish. Length of the 

 body 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



West Canada. In the Rev. Mr. Bethune's collection. 



Agrotis incommoda. 



Mas. Fusca ; palpi oblique ascendentes, articulo 3o conico ; an- 

 tennae setosce ; pedes dense pilosi ; ala? anticce nigricante con- 

 spersa?, lineis duabus nigricantibus undulatis duplicatis 9 la 



