340 CATALOGUE OF 



78. Agrotis obliviosa. 



Mas et foem. Cervina; abdomen pall ide testaeeum ; alee anticee 

 lituris costalibus lineisque transversis duplicatis undulatis 

 nigricaniibus, maculis discalibus nigro marginal is, claviformi 

 lanceolata, orbiculari parva ovata aut subrotunda, lunulis 

 marginalibus nigris ; posticcc maris alba, foem. albida. 



Male and female. Fawn-colour. Abdomen pale testaceous. 

 Fore wings with blackish costal marks, and with double transverse 

 undulating blackish lines; discal spots with black borders; clavi- 

 form lanceolate, resting on the first band ; orbicular oval or nearly 

 round, much smaller than the reniform, which has the usual form ; 

 these marks are occasionally more or less obsolete, and especially so 

 in the female; a row of black marginal lunules. Hind wings of the 

 male white, of the female whitish. Length of the body 6 — 7 lines ; 

 of the wings 14 — 18 lines. 



a — 1\ Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 



d— f. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 



79. Agrotis inquieta. 



Nigricans, subtus cinerea ; antenna subpectinata? ; abdomen cine- 

 ream; ahc antiac lineis nonnullis transversis undulatis atris, 

 orbiculari et reniformi subobsoletis ; posticic albec. 



Blackish, cinereous beneath. Antennas slightly pectinated. 

 Abdomen cinereous. Fore wings with several deep black undu- 

 lating lines ; orbicular and reniform spots almost obsolete. Hind 

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



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



Group 2. 

 Like the third European group. 



80. Agrotis albifrons. 



Mas et foem. Alb id a ; thoracis discus nigricans; alee anticee 

 cinereo nebulosic, maculis tribus magnis costalibus et annulis 

 duobus discalibus nigris ; posticce albtc. 



Eugraphe albifrons (Noctua genuina, Graphiphora perspicua), 



Greyer, Zeitr. Samml. Exot. Schmett. 17, 430, f. 859, 860. 

 Agrotis albifrons, Gucn. Noct. i. 27(\ 445. 



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

 c,d. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



