﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEBA. 1701 



border; reniforra distinct, broader hindward, with a white border, 

 excavated on the outer side ; under side with a black exterior line, 

 which appears also on the veins of the hind wino^s ; the latter are 

 white. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



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Agrotis dorsicinis. 



Mas. Cervina, subtus alhida ; caput obscure rxifum ; palpi sub- 

 testacei ; antennce peclinai^e ; thorax disco niyricante, fascia 

 antica tenui rufa ; abdomen fuscescente - cinereum ; pedes 

 nigro fasciati ; alee anlicce subcBnece^ nigro subconspersce, litu- 

 ris costalibus et discalibus nigris^ macula apud reniformem 

 elongata nigra^ orbiculari valde indistincta, linea submarginali 

 nigra valde incompleta ; posticae cinerece, margine exteriore 

 ceneO'fusco, 



Male, Fawn-colour, whitish beneath. Head dark red. Palpi 

 somewkat testaceous. Antennae moderately pectinated, except at 

 the tips. Disk of the thorax blackish ; a slight red band in front. 

 Abdomen brownish cinereous. Leo^s with black bands. Fore 

 wings with a slight aBneous tinge, slightly speckled with black, with 

 some black marks of various size in the disk and along the costa ; 

 orbicular mark very indistinct ; reniform covered by an elongate 

 black spot; submarginal line black, very incomplete; under side 

 brown in the disk, blackish towards the exterior border. Hind 

 wings cinereous, seneous-brown towards the exterior border ; under 

 side whitish, with a black discal dot and with two blackish bands, 

 which are confluent towards the tip of the wing. Length of the 

 body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles collection. 



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Agrotis? mundata. 



Mas. Testacea, subtus albida ; palporum articulus Sus longius- 

 ciiltLS ; antenna subcrenulatce ; thorax antice fusco fasciatus ; 

 tarsi nigro fasciati ; alee anticce fasciis indistinctis indeter- 

 minatis pallide cervinis, lituiis costalibus minutis nigris, linea 

 obliqua f areata^ linea exteriore obliqua angulosa nigra valde 

 incompleta^ striga furcata nigra ; posticce albcp. 



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