LBPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 697 



venas rufescentes, orbiculari et reniformi nigro marginatis, 

 litura postica fusiformi nigro marginata, rnaculis quatuor cos- 

 talibus nigricantibus, fimbria rufescente-cinerea ; postica 

 cinerea, venis nigricantibus. 



Female. Cinereous-black, cinereous beneath. Palpi slightly 

 ascending, extending a little beyond the head ; second joint stout, 

 pilose; third conical, about one-fourth of the length of the second. 

 Fore legulaB of the thorax with a transverse slightly arched black 

 line. Abdomen cinereous, paler beneath. Tarsi blackish, their 

 joints with cinereous tips. Wings with black marginal lunules. 

 Fore wings dull reddish along the veins; orbicular and reniform 

 marks black-bordered ; a fusiform black ringlet behind the orbicular, 

 which is short-elliptical'; reniform large, excavated on its outer side ; 

 two blackish costal dots before the middle and two beyond the 

 middle; three more exterior cinereous costal points and a submar- 

 ginal line of irregular cinereous points ; fringe reddish cinereous. 

 Hind wings cinereous ; veins blackish. Length of the body 9 lines ; 

 of the wings 22 lines. 



It may be a variety of A. correcta (C. L. H. x. 345). 

 a. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Agrotis certificate. 



Mas. Cervina ; caput antice cinereum ; palpi porrecti, articulo 

 2o fimbriate, So conico ; antennce bis triente subpectinatce ; 

 thorax nigro fasciatus ; abdomen pallide cinereum, fas ciculo 

 apicali parvo rufescente; alee anticce lineis e lunulis fuscis, 

 orbiculari et reniformi magnis nigricante marginatis, hac 

 fusco signata, litura postica lanceolata nigricante marginata, 

 fascia submarginali fusca lineam angulosam cineream in- 

 cludente ; posticce albce, venis lineaque marginali pallide 

 fuscis. 



Male. Fawn-colour, pale cinereous beneath. Head cinereous 

 in front. Palpi stout, porrect, extending a little beyond the head ; 

 second joint fringed beneath ; third conical, about one-fourth of the 

 length of the second. Antennae slightly pectinated for two-thirds 

 of the length from the base. Fore tegulae of the thorax with a 

 slender black band. Abdomen pale cinereous, extending much 

 beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft small, reddish. Fore wings 

 with several mostly indistinct brown lines composed of lunules ; 



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