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109. Aguotts 1NCONGKUA. 



Mas. Nigro-fusca ; antenna mediocritcr pectinalce ; abdomen 

 cinereum; alee anticce lineis transversis undulatis atris, orbi- 

 culari ct reniformi subobsoletis ; posticce albce, marginibus 

 latissimi fuscis. 



Male. Blackish brown. Antennae moderately pectinated. 

 Abdomen cinereous. Fore wings with the usual transverse undu- 

 lating lines deep black, rather distinct ; orbicular and reniform spots 

 almost obsolete. Hind wings white, with very broad brown borders. 

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



110. Agrotis insignata. 



Foem. Ferrugineo-fusca ; thorax nigro vittatus ; abdomen cine- 

 reum ; alee anticce cincreo conspcrsce, lineis transversis palli- 

 dioribus et nigricantibus undulatis distinctis, strigis duabus 

 basalibus nigris, macula claviformi testacea, orbiculari et reni- 

 formi cinereo marginatis ; posticus fuscescente, cinerece, ciliis 

 albidis. 



Female. Ferruginous-brown. Thorax with a black stripe. 

 Abdomen cinereous. Fore wings with some cinereous speckles, 

 which are most numerous towards the base of the costa ; transverse 

 lines paler and blackish, undulating, distinct ; claviform spot testa- 

 ceous, included in a black streak ; orbicular and reniform spots with 

 cinereous borders; orbicular nearly round, of moderate size, inter- 

 rupting a black streak which extends to the reniform, the latter of 

 the usual shape. Hind wings brownish cinereous, with whitish 

 ciliae. Length of the body 6^ lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



Group 2. ' 

 Like the third European group. 



111. Agrotis messium. 



Mas. Albida ; thorax antice fuscus ; alee anticce strigis, margine 

 exteriore, lineis duabus medianis duplicatis fuscis, maculis 

 discalibus fusco marginatis, orbiculari rotunda fusco pupillata, 

 claviformi parva ; posticce albce, angulo exteriore subfusco. 



Agrotis messium, Guen. Noct. i. 276,444. 



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