706 CATALOGUE OF 



Male and female. Dark cinereous, cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 slightly ascending, extending a little beyond the head ; second 

 joint densely pilose ; third elongate-conical, not more than one- 

 third of the length of the second. Antennae of the male pubescent, 

 setulose. Abdomen of the male extending rather beyond the hind 

 wings; apical tuft subquadrate. Fore wings with four irregular 

 lines composed of black lunules; first and second lines on the inner 

 side of a diffuse blackish band; third and fourth beyond the band, 

 undulating, approximate to each other ; submarginal line cinereous, 

 dentate, continued in the male to the exterior border; marginal 

 lunules black. Hind wings brown ; fringe pale cinereous. Length 

 of the body 8 — 9 lines ; of the wings 19 — 20 lines. 



a, b. Auckland, New Zealand. From Mr. Oxley's collection. 



Agrotis marginifera. 

 marginalis (nomen bis lectum), C. L. H. xv. 1700. 



Agrotis subsignata. 

 insignata {nomen bis lectum), C. L. H. x. 353. 



Genus CHERA, C. L. H. x. 360. 

 Chera renigera. 

 renigera, Cat. Lep. Het. x. 361. 

 a, b. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



E. NEWMAN, PKINTEE, 9, DEVONSHIRE STREET, BISHOPSGATE, N.E. 



