lepidoptera heteroceka. 321 



35. Agrotis Tritici. 



Fusco-cinerea ; abdomen testaceum ; alee anticce lunulis margina- 

 libus nigris, orbiculari et reniformi albido nigroque margina- 

 tis, ilia subelliptica, macula postica fusiformi nigro marginata, 

 fascia exteriore albida indistincta ; postica? cinerascentes, mar- 

 gine fuscescente, ciliis albis. 



Frisch, Ins. 10, pi. 19. Bjuh. Act. Stochh. 1778, 



4, 13. 



Phalaena-Noctua Tritici, Linn. Faun. Suec. 1211. Gmel. ed. Syst. 



Nat. \. 5, 2574, 179. 

 Noctua Tritici, Bark. Eur. Schmett. iv. 51. 

 Agrotis Tritici, Treit. Schmett. Fur. vi. 137, 7 ? Boisd. Icon. Lep. 



d!Eur. pi. 77, f. 2, 3 ; hid. Meth. 110, 836. Steph. III. Brit. 



Haust. ii. 121. Guen. Noct. i. 288, 471. 

 Noctua aquilina, God. Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. ii. pi. 64, f. 6, 7. 

 Noctua eruta? H'ubn. Samml. Eur. Schmett. Noct. pi. 136, f. 623. 

 Noctua pratiucola, Bork. Fur. Schmett. Noct. iv. 553, 225. H'ubn. 



Schmett. Eur. Noct. pi. 123, f. 567. 

 Noctua fictilis, H'ubn. Schmett. Eur. Noct. pi. 101, f. 479. 

 Noctua recussa ? H'ubn. Schmett. Eur. Noct. pi. 138, f. 630. 

 Metaxya Tritici, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 223, 2237. 

 Noctua (Agrotis) Tritici, Meig. Syst. Besch. iii. 84, 5, pi. 94, f. 5. 



a—bb. England. From Mr. Stephens' collection. 

 cc. Scotland. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 

 dd—ff. England. 



99 — jj- Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 

 kk. Orilla, West Canada. From Mr. Bush's collection. 

 // — qq. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's collection. 

 rr — ww. Trenton Falls, New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, 

 Esq. 



The American specimens differ much from each other, but 

 belong to GueneVs fourth variety of the species. Bentley has 

 described twelve varieties of this species in ' The Entomologist,' p. 

 256. 



36. Agrotis aquilina. 



Cervina ; thorax linea transversa antica plagisque duabus laterali- 

 bus nigro-fuscis ; abdomen testaceum ; alee anticce apud costam 

 albido conspersa?, vena mediana albida, lunulis marginalibus 

 nigris, disco ex parte strigisque exterioribus lanceolatis fuscis, 

 maculis nigro albidoque marginatis, claviformi elongata, orbi- 

 culari et reniformi variis irregularibus, fascia exteriore albida 

 e strigis lanceolatis • posticce albida? aut subcinerea, margine 

 fmcescente, ciliis albis. 



