AGROTIS. 181 



Eyes naked and without lashes ; proboscis fully formed ; palpi 

 obliquely porrect, the 2nd joint evenly scaled, the 3rd prominent. 

 Thorax and abdomen without tufts, the latter somewhat flattened. 

 Tibise very strongly spined. Fore wing w T ith the outer margin 

 not crenulate ; hind wing with veins 3 and 4 from cell. 



Sect. I. (Agrotis). Males with the antennae bipectinate, 

 the branches of moderate length. 



1620. Agrotis segetis, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 252; id. Wien. Verz. 81. 

 12, figs. 3 a, b; C $ S. no. 2000. 

 Caradrina triturata, Wlk. Cat. x, p. 295. 

 Agrotis aversa, Wlk. Cat. x, p. 345 ; C. 8f S. no. 1982. 

 Agrotis marginalis, Wlk. Cat. x, p. 339. 

 Agrotis obliviosa, Wlk. Cat. x, p. 340. 

 Agrotis dividens, Wlk. Cat. x, p. 342. 

 Agrotis correcta, Wlk. Cat. x, p. 345 ; C. $ S. no. 1987. 

 Agrotis conspurcata, Wlk. Cat. xxxii, p. 696 ; C fy S. no. 1986. 

 Agrotis repulsa, Wlk. Cat. xxxii, p. 696 ; C. fy S. no. 1999. 

 Agrotis certificata, Wlk. Cat. xxxii, p. 697. 

 Agrotis lassa, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1886, p. 444 ; C. 8f S. no. 1993. 



Whitish brown, pale brown, or fuscous ; palpi darker at sides ; 

 collar with dark line ; abdomen whitish. Fore wing with double 

 waved subbasal ante- and postmedial lines ; an obscure waved 

 submarginal line and marginal series of specks ; the orbicular and 



Fig. 117. — Agrotis segetis, tf . \. 



renif orm with dark centres and edges ; the claviform small and 

 black ; all these markings being much obscured in the dark speci- 

 mens. Hind wing iridescent white with dark marginal line, and 

 in some specimens with dark suffusion on the margin. 



Hab. Europe ; and throughout India and Ceylon. Mop: 42-48 

 millim. 



1621. Agrotis COrticea, Schiff. Wien. Verz, 81. 13. 



Agrotis fraterna, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 116 ; C. fy S. no. 1988. 



Differs from segetis in the antemedial double lines of the fore 

 wing being prominent ; the hind wing tinged with fuscous brown. 



Bab. Europe ; Madagascar ; N.W. Himalayas j Sikhim ; 

 Nagas ; Nilgiris. Exp. 40-42 millim. 



