352 CATALOGUE OF 



of the second. Tborax with whitish transverse lines. Abdomen 

 cinereous. Fore wings speckled with black ; transverse lines 

 double, undulating, black ; a blackish shade here and there on the 

 disk; orbicular and reniform spots blackish, the former small, 

 nearly round. Hind wings cinereous, with broad brownish borders ; 

 a brown discal mark on the under side, where the brown borders are 

 well-defined. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 1(5 lines. 



a. Tasmania. Presented by K. Butler, Esq. 



Country unknown. 

 Group 1. 

 Like the first European group. 



107. Ageotis porphyricollts. 



Mas. Rufo-cinerea ; palpi pedesque albido varii ; antenna longa, 

 late pec tinatce ; thorax antiee porphyrio rufus ; alee anticct 

 robustcc, velutincc, squamosa, fusco sirigata?, maculis nigris 

 fusco marginatis, orbiculari punctiformi, reniformi informi, 

 claviformi subobsoleta, lineolis marginalibus nigris ; posticce 

 nigricantes, basi paUidiores. 



Agrotis porphyricollis, Guen. Noct. i. 259, 410. 



108. Agrotis instructa. 



Fcem. Cervina.subtus alba; thorax fascia antica angusta fusca ; 

 abdomen albido-testaceum; alee antica fusco subconspersa, 



lineis duabus transversis angulosis incompletis fusco guttatis, 

 lunulis marginalibus fuscis, clavifonni subobsoleta, orbiculari 

 alba subelliptica sat magna fusco subnotata, reniformi subro- 

 tunda obscure fusca albido marginata : postica alb(c. 



Female. Fawn-colour, white beneath. Thorax with a narrow 

 brown band in front. Abdomen whitish testaceous. Fore wings 

 very minutely speckled with brown ; the two usual transverse lines 

 incomplete, brown, and very zigzag, each angle marked by a dark 

 brown dot; a row of dark brown marginal lunules ; claviform almost 

 obsolete ; orbicular somewhat elliptical, rather large, white, slightly 

 marked with brown; reniform nearly round, dark brown, with 

 a whitish border. Hind wings pure white. Length of the body 7 

 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 

 a ? 



