700 CATALOGUE OF 



a brown patch ; marginal points black. Hind wings white, irides- 

 cent, with a brown marginal line, which is broadest at the tips. 

 Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



It has much resemblance to A. transducta, but the orbicular 

 mark has a different shape. 



a. Java. Presented by the Secretary of the India Board. 



Agrotis orbicularis. 



Fcem. Cervina; caput antice ochraceum ; palpi ochracei, por- 

 recti, articulo 3o minimo ; thorax nigro fasciatus ; alee an- 

 ticce striga lata orbicularem includente strigaque postica 

 lanceolata fuscis nigro marginatis , reniformi lata nigro mar- 

 ginata disco fuscescente, linea submarginali e lituris parvis 

 pallide cinereis, strigis submarginalibus nigris ; postica alba, 

 linea maryinali margineque interiore pallide cervinis. 



Female. Fawn-colour, pale cinereous beneath. Head oehrace- 

 ous in front. Palpi ochraceous, porrect, hardly extending beyond 

 the head ; third joint conical, very minute. Thorax with a slender 

 black band on the fore tegulae. Abdomen cinereous, extending 

 somewhat beyond the hind wings. Fore wings with a brown black- 

 bordered lanceolate streak behind the orbicular mark and a little 

 nearer the base ; orbicular mark elliptical, pale cinereous, enclosed 

 in a short broad brown black-bordered streak which joins the reni- 

 form mark ; the latter is broad, with a brownish disk and a black 

 border; an exterior line of brown-bordered lunules which are a 

 little paler than the ground hue ; submarginal line pale cinereous, 

 composed of small irregular marks which interrupt the black sub- 

 marginal streaks; marginal points black. Hind wings white, 

 iridescent ; marginal line and interior border pale fawn-colour. 

 Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



The orbicular mark clearly distinguishes it from the other 

 eastern species. 



a. Java, Presented by the Secretary of the India Board. 



Agbotis signlficans. 



Mas. Cervina ; palpi porrecti, articulo 2o extus fuscescente, So 

 parvo ; antenna?, pectinatce^ apices versus simplices ; thorax nigro 

 fasciatus ; ala3 anticce lineis duabus pallidioribus subundulatis 



