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Show 444 COL. C. SWINHOE ON THE [Nov. 16, NOCTUIDJE. 88. AGROTIS SEGETUM. Phalcena-Noctua segetum, Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, p. 2539. 1018. January to April. 89. AGROTIS SUFFUSA. Phalcena-Noctua sufusa, Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, p. 2541. 1028. February. 90. AGROTIS ARISTIFERA. Agrotis aristifera, Gu&ie'e, Noct. i. 266. 426. April, June, November, and December. 91. AGROTIS LASSA, n. sp. Allied to A. repulsa. Antennae, head, thorax, and fore wings dark brownish fawn-colour. Fore wings of the male very narrow; fore wings of both sexes with some brown marks, like strigulae here and there ; on the male the usual stigmata are not visible ; on the female the orbicular is represented by a black ring, and the claviform and reniform are both visible, but obscure and black ; and the latter is like a small smudged figure of 8. Hind wings white, semi-hyaline, with the costa and outer border tinged with fawn-colour. Abdomen grey, with the segments marked out with some white hairs. Underside paler, with the thorax, abdomen, and fore and hind wings streaked with silvery-white speckles. Expanse of wings 1| inch. March and April. HADENID^;. 92. RADINACRA VARIANA, n. sp. (Plate XL. fig. 10.) Antennae, head, thorax, and fore wings brownish fawn-colour. Fore wings with the lines sinuous, dark brown, one subbasal extending only halfway down from the costa, another before the middle, and one submarginal; all these complete and bending slightly outwardly ; three yellowish dots on the costa near the apex; tbe third line runs through the reniform stigma, which is hardly visible, the orbicular is indicated by a faint white spot. Abdomen greyish brown. Hind wings and underside pale brownish grey. Both wings above and below shining, almost gilded. Expanse of wings 1 inch. September. XYLOPHASID^E. 93. SPODOPTERA CILIUM. Spodoptera cilium, Guenee, Noct. i. 156. 249. March and October. 94. SPODOPTERA INFKCTA. Prodenia infecta, Walker, ix. 196. October. |