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AGROTIS. By M. Gaede. 
hemilctica 
conscn- 
tanca. 
ypsilon. 
atrUcguluta. 
medloatra. 
omochroa. 
hisignafu. 
annularis. 
griseojusca. 
2. Genus : Agrotis Ochs. 
This genus differs from the preceding one in the absence of a frontal projection. A hair-tuft on the 
head and on the thorax in front and behind. iMiddle and hind tibiae spined, anterior tibiae spined only laterally. 
Abdomen flattened. Neuration not different. Type: rectangida W. V. from Europe. 
1. Antennae of ^ moderately strongly bipectinate, ciliated in the apical thirds. 
A. hemileuca Wkr. (5 e). Thorax red-brown, abdomen whitish ochreoiis. Forewing red-brown, tinged 
with dark brown. Interior line undulate, faded, extra-angular below the costal margin and very much so at 
the inner margin. Coniform macula small, black. Ring-macula and x’eniform macula edged with black. The 
former small, elliptical, light; the latter centred dark; a diffuse median shadow between them. A black streak 
from the reniform macula to the notched exterior line. Submarginal line marked by black w'edge-spots before 
and behind it. Hindwdng purely white with a few black marginal dots. (J 33 mm. Congo. 
A. consentanea Mab. (5 e). Body and forewing broAvnish ochreous, the latter red-brown and chisted 
somewhat black. Interior line marked by 2 black dots at the costal margin, one below' the cell and an angle 
above the inner margin. Coniform macula and ring-macula extinct. Reniform macula large, filled with black, 
traversed l)y a median shadow angled at the lower cell-angle. Exterior line notched, indistinct. Submarginal 
line marked by black sagittal spots. Hindwing white Avith a fine broAvn marginal line. 40 mm. Madagascar. 
A. ypsilon Rott. (cf. Vol. Ill, ]). 37, pi. S c) occurs on the Avhole earth, therefore also in Africa. 
2. Antennae of (J ciliated. The hair at the apex of the second palpal joint are dilated into a point. 
A. atritegulata Hmps. (5f). Body AA'hitish ochreous, someAvhat red-broAvn. Forewing violettish-grey, 
costal-marginal area greyish ochreous and broAvm, inner margin whitish at the base. A deep black band in and 
beloAv the cell extends to the ring-macula, in the cell on to the reniform macrda Avhich is edged with black 
outside. HindAving Avhite, diaphanous. 35 mm. Transvaal. 
A. medioatra Hmps. Body whitish with broAvn hair. Forewing greyish-AA'hite, dusted broAA-n and dark 
broAA'n. Whiter at the costal margin as far as the exterior line. Interior line black, edged with Avhite inside, 
extra-airgular at the costal and inner margins, incurved betAveen them. Coniform macula marked by a fine 
broAvn and Avhite line. Ring-nracula and reniform macula Avhite, edged AAuth black, the cell before and betAveen 
them black. Exterior line brown, edged Avith Avhite outside, someAAdiat dentate. A pale submarginal line is 
traceable. HindAving diaphanous AV'hite, Avith a IrroAvn marginal line and broAvn base. $ 35 mm. Yemen. 
A. omochroa E. Prout. Thorax chocolate, abdomen pale broAvnish ochreous. ForeAving pale yelloAA’ish- 
broAvn, tinged Avith reddish-broAvn. An extensive black radial stripe in the cell, almost from the base. Interior 
line dark, indistinct, the costal margin before it lighter. Ring-macrda and reniform macula yelloAvish-broAvn, 
centred dark and edged Avith black. A black spot behind the reniform macula. Exterior line black, undulate, 
])unctiform, in a AA’ide bend around the reniform macula, then straight to the inner margin. The costal margin 
behind it dark like the distal margin, too. Hindwing pale brown, darker at the margiir. ForeAAung of the $ more 
reddish-Auolet, the exterior line more distinct. 35—37 mm. San Thorne. 
A. bisignata Hmps. Thorax red-broAvrr, abdonrerr greyish-broAAar. ForeAvirrg red-broAvrr, dusted broAvrr, 
costal rrrargin Avhitish as far as behind the centre. A black streak below the base of the cell. Iirteiior line double, 
black, undrrlate, excrrrved aboAm the irrrrer rrrargin. Forriformr macrrla nrarked by a black eird-dot. The rirrg- 
irracrrla is a white rirrg, laterally edged Avith black. The reniforrrr rrracrrla is also a Avhite rirrg, Avith a black dot 
orrtside. A sqrrare black spot between them at the costal rrrargin. Exterior line dorrble, dark, derrtate. The 
pale srrbmarginal line is strorrgly rrotched irrAA-ards, a black spot is before it at the costal nrargirr. HiirdAving 
pale broAA'n. $ 38 rrrirr. Nigeria. 
A. annularis Saalm. (= trairsjecta Dist.) (5f). Tliorax dark red-broAAm, abdonrerr broAAurish ochreous. 
Forewing broAvnish ochreorrs. Interior line hardly traceable. A feeble black streak at the base of the srrbirrediarr 
fold. Ring-nractrla arrd rerriform rrracrrla as fine light dots. Arorrnd them a blackish-broAA ri lorrgitrrdirral stripe 
almost from the base to the distal rrrargirr. The exterior line is a roAv of dots berrt parallel to the distal rrrargirr. 
HirrdAving prrrely white, with a fine broAvrr rnargirral lirre. 24—26 rrrnr. East arrd Sorrth Africa, Madagascar. 
A. griseofusca Hmps. Thorax lustrorrs blackish-broAvrr, abdorrrerr broAvrrish ochreorrs. ForeAvirrg blackish- 
broAvrr, AA'ith a silvery blrre gloss. Irrterior line black, strorrgly derrtate orrtside irr the irrterspaces, irrside orr the 
veins. The dent irr the cell extends abrrost to the renifornr rrracrrla Avhich is snrall, Avith a black centre, around 
the latter brownish ochreous Avith a black edge. Exterior lirre irrdistinctly black, AA'ith short orrtAA'ard streaks 
orr the veins. The veins at the nrargirr firrely black. HirrdAvirrg jrrrr-ely AAdrite, the frirrge |at the apex dark. 
30 rrrnr. East Africa. 
