lepidoptera, heterocera. 339 



Agrotis Lipara, Rambur, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Ser. vi. 68. 

 Guen. Noct. i. 260, 412. 



Algeria. 



75. Agrotis spiculifera. 



Cinereo -t.es tacea ; abdomen albido-testaceum ; alee anticce striga 

 discali fusca, macula basali pallide cervina, maculis discali- 

 bus nigro marginatis, claviformi et orbiculari lanceolatis, 

 reniformi apud marginem exterior em incisa, strigis exteriori- 

 busfuscis, lunulis marginalibus nigris ; posticce albidce, mar- 

 gine fuscescenle. 



Agrotis spiculifera, Guen. Noct. i. 266, 425. 



a — c% South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 



d— f. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 



76. Agrotis subalba. 



Mas. Albido-testacea, subtus albida ; alee an ticce fusco conspersa, 

 maculis reniformi et orbiculari magnis fusco ex parte margi- 

 natis, orbiculari subrotunda, reniformi subquadrata, lunulis 

 marginalibus nigris , ciliis albidis ; posticce albce. 



Male. Whitish testaceous, whitish beneath. Fore wings 

 speckled with brown ; reniform spot and orbicular spot large, incom- 

 pletely bordered with brown ; orbicular spot nearly round ; reni- 

 form subquadrate, hardly larger thau the orbicular ; claviform 

 obsolete; a row of black marginal points; ciliae whitish. Hind 

 wings white. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 



77. Agrotis marginalts. 



Foem. Nigro-fusca, cinereo tincta ; abdomen albido-testaceum ; 

 lunulis marginalibus nigris, maculis discalibus nigro margi- 

 natis, claviformi lanceolata, orbiculari ovata, ciliis testaceis ; 

 posticce albidce, margine venisque infuscatis. 



Female. Blackish brown, with a cinereous tinge. Abdomen 

 whitish testaceous. Fore wings with a row of little black marginal 

 lunules ; discal spots with black borders ; claviform lanceolate ; or- 

 bicular oval ; reniform as usual ; ciliae testaceous. Hind wings 

 whitish, brownish about the veins and along the borders. Length 

 of the body 7 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 



b. South Africa. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



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