24 AGROTIS RAVIDA. 



Var. 2. Ochreous-brown on the back ; the paler 

 dorsal line after the fourth segment only visible at the 

 divisions ; the V-like streaks from them being longer 

 and darker than in the first variety. The yellow spot 

 on the anterior portion of each segment on either side 

 the back, isolated from the yellow subdorsal streak 

 by a very dark brown, rather broad, edging to the 

 yellow streak, and extending with it along two- thirds 

 of each segment after the fourth to the eleventh, and 

 on the twelfth to the end of the segment, converging 

 a little at the extremity ; and on these the yellow 

 marks are broad and straight, but those on the third 

 and fourth segments are curved, and without the 

 dusky brown border above. A dark brown plate on the 

 second segment. Head pale grey, streaked and mottled 

 with dusky brown. Belly and sides similar to the 

 preceding. 



Yar. 3. Dingy ochreous-brown on the back, and 

 darkest towards the head ; the slender and slightly 

 paler dorsal line hardly visible, and only at the seg- 

 mental divisions. 



On each side of the back, in the subdorsal region, 

 at the anterior of each segment, and beginning at the 

 fifth, a dingy ochreous spot and curved streak, becom- 

 ing confluent at the eighth and three following seg- 

 ments (on the twelfth the streak only visible) ; each 

 yellow curved streak edged above with a thin black 

 streak, and extending two-thirds down each segment ; 

 the spaces on the middle of the back between the 

 streaks being filled up with dark brown, and two 

 minute dusky dots edged with paler in the upper 

 portion of these somewhat square dark forms. The 

 curved yellow subdorsal streaks slightly marked on 

 the second, third, and fourth segments, and the yellow 

 spots also on the fourth. Head dingy brown ; the 

 sides dingy brown, with a paler greyish stripe above 

 the feet, anteriorly edged above with dusky, and oblique 

 streaks above it, as in Var. 1, but not so well defined. 

 The anal segment in each of the larvae plain dingy 



