344 CATALOGUE OF 



Asia. 

 Group 1. 

 Like the first European group. 



89. Agrotis aristifera. 



Pallide cervina ; abdomen albido-testaceum ; alee anticce maculis 

 nigricante et ex parte albido marginatis, claviformi et orbicu- 

 lari lanceolatis, reniformi subquadrata, linea transversa sub- 

 margin ali angulosa bilanceolata albida nigricante ex parte 

 marginata, lunulis marginalibus nigris ; posticce albce, fcem. 

 margine fuscescente. 



Agrotis aristifera, Guen. Noct. i. 266, 426. 



Central Hindostan. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by E. Templeton, Esq. 



90. Agrotis interjection is. 



Albido-fuscescens (mas) aut obscure fusca (teem.) ; abdomen albi- 

 dum ; alee anticce annulis duobus discalibus lituraque poste- 

 rior lanceolata obscurioribus ; posticce alba. 



Agrotis interjectionis, Guen. Noct. i. 281, 454. 



Java. 



91. Agrotis traxsducta. 



Albido-cervina ; ales anticce lineis nonnullis transversis angulosis 

 indistinctis guttisque costalibus albidis, macula orbiculari ob- 

 liqua albido maryinata, reniformi obscure fusca extus exca- 

 vata, guttis marginalibus nigris ; posticce albce, opalince, semi- 

 hyalincc, margine perangusto fusco. 



Whitish fawn-colour. Abdomen paler than the thorax. Fore 

 wings with several indistinct transverse zigzag whitish lines, and 

 with w r hitish costal dots ; claviform spot almost obsolete ; orbicular 

 spot oblong, oblique, with a whitish border; reniform spot dark 

 brown, much excavated on the exterior side ; a row of black margi- 

 nal dots. Hind wings white, opaline, semihyaline, with very narrow 

 brown borders. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Ceylou. Presented by E. Templeton, Esq. 



