LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 331 



Agrotis incivis, Guen. Noct. i. 274, 441. 



Agrotis infecta, Ochs. Nachtr. 67, 8. 



Noctua praecox, Hubn. Samml. Eur. Sckmett. 359. Oliv. Enc. 



Meth. 330. Dap. Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. iii. 20, pi. 73, f. 1. 

 Hapalia infecta, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 220, 2205. 



a — c. St. John's Bluff, East Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, 



Esq. 

 d. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 

 e,f. ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



Group 3. 

 Like the fifth European group. 



55. Agrotis obeliscoides. 



Subcervina ; thorax fascia antica nigra, postice piceus ; abdomen 

 albido-testaceum ; ala? antica striga discali margineque exte- 

 riore late rubidis, costa albida, macula claviformi lanceolata 

 lineisque transversis nigris, orbiculari et reniformi testaceo- 

 albidis cervino pupillatis, hac sublunata, ilia elliptica obliqua ; 

 posiicce pallide cinerascentes, margine fusco. 



Agrotis obeliscoides, Guen. Noct. i. 293, 477. 



a. United States, Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



56, Agrotis mollis. 



Foem. Cana ; thorax ferrugineo fuscoque fasciatus ; abdomen 

 cinereum ; ala anticce ferruginece, lineis transversis canis 

 nigrisque, exteriore arcuata, submarginali undulata, striga 

 brevi discali atra, orbiculari subovata, reniformi vix excavata. 



Noctua mollis, Bamston, MSS. 



Female. Hoary. Thorax with ferruginous and brown bands. 

 Abdomen and hind wings cinereous. Fore wings mostly ferrugi- 

 nous ; the usual transverse lines hoary and blackish, and very 

 distinct ; the exterior one curved, the submarginal one undulating ; 

 a short discal deep black streak extending to the reniform spot and 

 interrupted by the orbicular one ; the latter is irregularly oval, and 

 not much smaller than the reniform, which is hardly excavated. 

 Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay. Presented by 

 Dr. Barnston. 



