AGROTIS. By M. Gaede. 
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A. rufescens Hmps. Body and forewing dark red-brown, darker in the costal-marginal area, excc])t at 
the apex, only interriq^ted at the beginning of the two lines. A few white dots at the base. A bent black streak 
before the interior line in the submedian fold. Interior line double, brown, filled with white, similarly notched 
as in griseof usca. Ring-macula and reniform macula small, round, edged with black, near together, fxmnected 
by a black streak. Exterior line double, brown, filled with white, finely dentate, extra-angidar at vein I. black 
dots behind it at the veins. Hindwing white, brownish at the apex. 24 mm. North Nigeria. 
A. sicca Guen. {= venalis Jfr.) (5 f). Thorax dark brown, abdomen somewhat lighter. Eorewing brown¬ 
ish ochreous, dark violettish-brown at the costal margin. Pale streaks at the base of the cell-margins anrl 
two similar ones in the cell. Interior line indistinct, undulate, doidjle, very strongly introangular at vein 1, 
extra-angular above the inner margin. Ring-macula and reniform macula dark violettish-brown, small, edged 
and centred with black. A black stripe from before the ring-macula to the distal margin at vein 5. Exterior 
line double, dentate and with a double row of dots at the veins. A dark spot above the anal angle. Hindwing 
yellowish-white, veins and margin somewhat brownish. 30—33 mm. Gape Colony. 
A. coniorta Hmps. (of). Thorax greyish ochreous, somewhat reddish, abdomen greyish-brown. Fore¬ 
wing greyish ochreous, slightly tinged with red-brown. A distinct black streak below the base of the cell as 
far as the interior line which is double, undulate, excurved below the costal margin and above the inner margin. 
Coniform macula sometimes as a short black streak. Ring-macula and reniform macula small, pale, filled witli 
dark. A black stripe before and between the two maculae. Exterior line undulate, a row of black dots behind 
it on the veins. Margin blackish-brown, obliquely inwards from below the ajjex to vein 5, then narrower to 
the anal angle. Hindwing brownish-white with a brown marginal line, marginal area somewhat brownish. 
Sometimes also the thorax and forewing are intensely reddened. 26 mm. East Africa. 
A. elaeopis Hmps. (5 f). Thorax dark brown, abdomen yellowish-brown. Eorewing light red-brown. 
Interior line indistinct, double, almost punctiform. Coniform macula absent. Ring-macrda and reniform macula 
small, dark, in a white ring and edged with black. Ring-macida outwardly somewhat pointed, extending almost 
to the reniform macrrla. Exterior line as a double row of black dots. Submarginal line absent. Hindwing 
whitish, with a dark lunar spot, streaks behind it on the veins. 9 30 mm. Ruwenzori. 
A. mesosema Hmps. Thorax red-brown, tegulae black, metathorax with a white spot. Abdomen pale 
brown, whitish at the base. Eorewing greyish-browm, dusted dark. The basal half with red-brown spots. A 
black streak below the base of the cell. Interior line indistinct, undulate, edged with red-brown inside, oblique. 
Coniform macula as a short black streak. Ring-macula and reniform macula centred red-brovm, edged with 
black. A black streak between them. Exterior line of black double dots only distinct at the costal margin. 
A pale submarginal line is hardly discernible. Hindwing purely white, brovmish at the apex. 9 dO mm. Transvaal. 
A. effracta Dist. (of). Thorax reddish-brown, abdomen brownfsh ochreous. Eorewing dark violettish- 
brown. The base at the costal margin brownish ochreous, like the median area at the inner margin and a diffuse 
oblique band from the apex to the inner margin. Traces of an undrdate interior line. Ring-macula and reni¬ 
form macula small, edged with black and connected by black; black behind the cell as far as the margin. Ex¬ 
terior line indistinct, formed by a row of dots on the veins. Before the margin indistinct browmish ochreous 
spots above the inner margin. The specimen figured shows the whole area above the inner margin light, not 
only the centre. Hindwing brownish ochreous. 3d mm. Transvaal. 
A. talda Schaus (5 f). Thorax dark brown, abdomen lighter. Eorewing reddish-brown, dusted dark. 
Interior and exterior lines hardly discernible. Ring-macula and reniform macula just as indistinct. A black 
streak between them and one behind it as far as the hardly recognizable submarginal line. Dark streaks at 
the margin betweeir the veins. Hindwing of cJ white, of 9 darker. 24 mm. Cameroons, Sierra Leone. 
A. ecstrigata Hmps. (5 g). Thorax black, abdomen dark In-own. Eorewing brownish ochreous, tinged 
with dark red-brown especially at the costal margin and in the median area. Basal area purely brownish ochreous. 
fine black streaks in the marginal area on the veins and broader ones between. Interior line indistinct, doiible, 
undulate, filled with grey. Ring-macula and reniform macula small, edged with black, open almve and below. 
Traces of a double exterior line. Black lunae at the margin. HindAving purely vdiite. 28 mm. Mashona Land. 
A. melamesa Hmps. Thorax red-brown, abdomen greyish-brovTi. Eorewing grey, dusted rvith red- 
browir, blackish-brown at the costal nrargin except at the apex. Interior line dordrle, blackish, filled rvith white, 
oblic^ue, inrdulate. Ring-macula and reniform macula snrall, iircompletely edged with black. A square black 
spot betweeir them, 2 small black spots behind the reniform macula. An undulate dark median line from the 
cell to the inner margin. Exterior line indistinct, double, strongly excurved at the costal margin, with black 
double dots at the veins. A pale submarginal line is traceable. Hindwing white, somewhat hroAvnish, fringe 
at the ajrex whiter. 9 36 mm. North Nigeria. 
A. cinctithorax (5 g) lEA-r. Thorax red-brovm with a broad black transverse band behind the rusty 
brown tegulae. Abdomen brownish ochreous. Eorewing pale red-brown, dusted Avith blackish. Base and costal 
margin more broAAuiish ochreous. Interior line formed of some double dots. The ring-macula is a small oblong 
black spot. Reniform macula grey, traversed by a black radial streak. Exterior line as a roAv of black dots. 
ruft'ficen-H. 
sicca. 
coniorta. 
elaeo'pis. 
mesosema. 
effracta. 
talda. 
ecstrigata. 
melainesa. 
cincti- 
thora.v. 
