LEP1D0PTERA HETEROCERA. 355 



114. AGROTIS EXEMPTA. 



Mas. Pallide testacea ; caput supra et thorax anticus fusca ; alee 

 antica lituris costalibus lineisque transversis undulatis nigris, 

 striga informi discali pallide fusca, striga obliqua inter ma- 

 culas albida, orbiculari subobsoleta, reniformi fusca albido 

 nigroque marginata, lunulis marginalibus nigris; postica? 

 alba, semihyalina, marginibus perangustis fuscis. 



Male. Pale testaceous, whitish testaceous beneath. Head 

 above and fore part of the thorax brown. Fore wings with black 

 marks along the costa, and with the usual black transverse undu- 

 lating lines, which are very slight, and with an irregular pale brown 

 discal streak ; a whitish oblique streak between the almost obsolete 

 orbicular spot and the reniform one ; the latter distinct, consisting 

 of a brown spot surrounded with a whitish hue, which is again bor- 

 dered with black ; a row of black marginal lunules. Hind wings 

 white, semihyaline, with very narrow brown borders. Length of the 

 body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



Genus 3. LYCOPHOTTA. 



Statura parva. Corpus sat validum. Proboscis breviuscula. 

 Palpi breves, porrecti, caput paullo superantes; articulus 3us coni- 

 cus, 2i quadrante non longior. Antennae corporis dimidio valde 

 longiores. Abdomen alas posticas perpaullo superans. Pedes 

 validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae mediocriter 

 latae ; anticae apud costam rectae, apice rotundatae, margine exte- 

 riore subobliquo. Mas.- — Antennae crenulatae. 



Lycophotia, Hiibn. Verz. Schmett. 215. Steph. Cat. Brit. Lep. 



73. 

 Chersotis, p., Boisd. Ind. Meth. 103. 

 Scotophila, Steph. III. Brit, Ent. Haust. iii. 18. 



Size small. Body rather stout. Proboscis rather short. Palpi 

 short, porrect, extending a little beyond the head ; third joint coni- 

 cal, not more than one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae 

 very much more than half the length of the body. Abdomen ex- 

 tending very little be} T ond the hind wings. Legs stout; hind tibiae 

 with four long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings 

 straight in front, rounded at the tips, slightly oblique along the ex- 

 terior border. Male. — Antennae crenulate. 



