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92. Agrotis aversa. 



Mas. Pallidissime cervina ; thorax antice fusco fasciatus ; abdo- 

 men albido-testaceum ; alee anticcB fusco conspersee, lituris 

 costalibus indistinctis lunulisque marginalibus fuscis, maculis 

 nigricante submarginatis, claviformi angusta mediocriter 

 longa, orbiculari et reniformi fuscescente pupillatis, ilia sub- 

 rotunda, linea transversa exteriore undulata subobsoleta ; pos- 

 ticce alba, linea mar ginali fuscescente. 



Male. Very pale fawn-colour. Thorax with a slender brown 

 hand in front. Abdomen whitish testaceous. Fore wings minutely 

 speckled with brown, with indistinct brown marks along' the costa, 

 and with brown marginal lunules; spots with incomplete blackish 

 borders ; claviform narrow, moderately long ; orbicular and reni- 

 form with brownish pupils, the former nearly round, rather smaller 

 than the latter, which has the usual form ; an exterior almost 

 obsolete transverse undulating line. Hind wings white, with a 

 brownish line along the borders. Length of the body 7 lines; of 

 the wings 16 lines. 



a. Punjaub. Presented by Gen. Hearsay. 



Group 2. 

 Like the second European group. 



93. Agrotis correcta. 



Fcem. Fusca, subtus albida ; abdomen pallidissime fuscum, seg- 

 mentorum marginibus albidis, alee antica obscure fuscce, lituris 

 costalibus lunulisque marginalibus nigris et pallidis, macidis 

 concoloribus nigro marginatis, claviformi longiuscula sat an- 

 gusta, orbiculari rotunda, lineis transversis subobsoletis ; pos- 

 ticee albida, venis marginibusquefuscescentibus. 



Female. Brown, whitish beneath. Abdomen very pale brown ; 

 hind borders of the segments whitish. Fore wings dark brown, 

 with black and pale costal marks and marginal lunules ; spots like 

 the rest of the wing in colour, but with black borders ; claviform 

 rather long and narrow ; orbicular round, hardly half the size of the 

 reniform, which has the usual shape; transverse lines just percep- 

 tible. Hind wings whitish ; veins and borders brownish. Length of 

 the body 8 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. North India. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



