LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEEA. ' 703 



iridescent, slightly hyaline : marginal line pale brown. Length of 

 the body 10 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



Agrotis turbulenta. 



Mas. Cinereo-fusca ; palpi oblique ascendentes, nigricante 

 quadriguttati, articulo 3o longi-conico ; antenna setulosa ; 

 abdominis segmenta albido marginata ; alee anticce lineis duabus 

 basalibus nigris brevissimis, 2a strigam lanceolatam obscure 

 fuscam emittente, reniformi nigro marginata strigaque hanc 

 includente obscure fuscis, linea exteriore cinerea angulosa, 

 venis strigisque submarginalibus nigricantibus ; posticce albce, 

 subhyalince, ve?iis lineaque marginali fuscis. 



Male. Cinereous-brown, whitish cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 obliquely ascending, not rising higher than the vertex; first and 

 second joints with a blackish spot on the outer side ; third elongate- 

 conical, about one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennas 

 setulose. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings; hind 

 borders of the segments whitish. Fore wings with two transverse very 

 short black lines near the base, the outer one emitting a lanceolate 

 dark brown streak ; a more slender dark brown streak interrupted by 

 the reniform mark, which is also dark brown and has a black 

 border; an exterior zigzag cinereous line; veins and submarginal 

 streaks between the veins blackish ; marginal points black. Hind 

 wings white, iridescent, slightly hyaline ; veins and marginal line 

 brown. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



Agrotis injcncta. 



Fcem. Fusca ; palpi pilosis oblique ascendentes, articulo 2o extus 



nigricante, So lanceolato ; antennce subsetulosce ; alee anticce 



nigro conspersce, orbiculari et reniformi cinereo nigroque, 



. ^marginatis, orbiculari longitudinali lanceolato, reniformi non 



excavata; posticce alba, subhyalince, margine exteriore fusco. 



Female. Brown, whitish cinereous beneath. Palpi pilose, 

 obliquely ascending, not rising higher than the vertex ; second 

 joint mostly blackish on the outer side; third lanceolate, less than 

 half the length of the second. Antennae very minutely setulose. 



