﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1699 



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Agrotis furcifera. 



Mas. Cinerea ; antennce slmplices ; abdominis spgmenta margini- 

 bus posticis lutescendbus ; thorax anlice ni^ro-fuscus ; alee 

 anticce lituris plurimis minulis transversis fuscis, fasciis dua- 

 bus duplicatissubundulatisfuscescentibus, litura discali nigra 

 cuneiformi, orbicidari e annulo nigricante incotnpleto guttam 

 fuscam includente, reniformis disco ex parte testaceo, guttis 

 marginalibus obscure fuscis elongatis ; posticce albce, apud 

 costam subcinerece. 



Male. Cinereous, paler beneath. Antennae simple. Thorax 

 blackish brown in from. Abdomen paler towards the base ; hind 

 borders of the segments somewhat luteous. Fore wiuijs with many 

 minute transverse brownish marks ; two double slighily undulating 

 upright brownish bands; ihe first interior, adjoining a cuneiform 

 black mark, which is behind the orbicular; the latter consists of a 

 brown dot, surrounded by an incomplete blackish ringlet ; reniform 

 with the disk partly testaceous ; marginal dots dark brown, elon- 

 gated. Hind wings white, somewhat cinereous along the costa ; 

 under side with a blackish brown discal dot. Length of the body tJ 

 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. ? 



Agrotis interferens. 



Mas et foera. Pallide cervina ; abdomen cinerascens ; alee anticce 

 lineis denticulatis nigris, punctis marginalibus obscuris, stnga 

 discali nigra interrupta, orbiculari et reniformi nigra margi- 

 natis ; posticce opalino-albce. Mas. — Antennce serratce ; alee 

 anticce nigro subnebulosce, lineis distinctioribus^ punctis mar- 

 ginalibus obscurioribus mnjoribus, Foem. — Antennce subcre- 

 nulatce ; alee posticce vix subcinerascenies, 



Male aud female. Pale fawn-colour. Abdomen and under 

 side more cinereous. Antennae serrated in the male, minutely cre- 

 nulated in the female. Fore wings of the male slightly shaded 

 with black, and with the denticulated black lines more distinct and 

 more numerous than in the female, and with the marginal points 

 darker and larger; a black discal streak interrupted by the orbicu- 

 lar and reniform marks, which have black borders. Hind wings 

 pearly white, with a slight cinereous tinge in the female. Length 

 of the body 6^ — 7 lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



