332 CATALOGUE OF 



57. Agrotis perlentans. 



Mas. Fnsca ; antenna simplices aut vix ciliatce ; abdomen cine- 

 reum ; alee antiece striga discali interrupta nigricante, orbi- 

 culari et reniformi indistinctis pallida marginatis ; poslicce 

 cinereee, macula discali margineque fuscescentibus. 



Male. Brown. Antennae simple or hardly eiliated. Abdo- 

 men cinereous. Fore wings with a blackish streak between the 

 base and the orbicular spot, and between the latter and the reniform 

 spot ; spots indistinct, with pale borders. Hind wings cinereous, 

 with a brownish discal spot, and brownish borders. Length of the 

 body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



58. Agrotis radix. 



Ferrugineo-fusca ; thorax nigro fasciatus ; abdomen cinerenm^ 

 lateribus ferrugineis ; alee anticee lineis nonnullis transversis 

 undidatis pallidioribus et obscurioribus, linea submarginali 

 angulosa albida, striga basali lunulisque marginalibus nigris, 

 orbiculari et reniformi obscuriore marginatis, hac maxima, 

 ilia subovata ; posticee cinereee, marginibus obscurioribus. 

 Mas. — Antennee ciliatee ; abdomen valvulis apicalibus magnis 

 luteo pilosis. 



Noctua radix, Barnston, MSS. 



Ferruginous-brown. Thorax with a black band. Abdomen 

 cinereous, ferruginous along each side. Fore wings with several 

 transverse undulating paler and darker lines, the submarginal line 

 angulose and whitish ; a black basul streak, and black marginal 

 lunules; orbicular and reniform spots with darker borders, the 

 former irregularly oval, about half the size of the latter, which 

 is very large. Hind wings cinereous, with darker borders. Male. — 

 Antennae ciliated. Abdomen with large apical valves, whose hairs 

 are somewhat luteous. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 

 16 lines. 



a. St. Martin's Falls, Albauy Eiver, Hudson's Bay. Presented by 

 Dr. Barnston. 



b. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's collection. 



