. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. AGROTIS. 447 palj)i at' sides except extremity, antennoB, and base of tegulte black ; tibiae and tarsi mixed witli black, with pale bands ; abdomen whitish, suffused with reddish brown especially towards extremity. Fore wing purplish brown irrorated with grey ; a sinuous black snbbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; a pale subbasal lino defined by black on outer side, angled outwards below costa, inwards on vein 1 and excurved above inner margin ; claviform large, defined by whitish, its base black or rarely entirely fille
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. AGROTIS. 447 palj)i at' sides except extremity, antennoB, and base of tegulte black ; tibiae and tarsi mixed witli black, with pale bands ; abdomen whitish, suffused with reddish brown especially towards extremity. Fore wing purplish brown irrorated with grey ; a sinuous black snbbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; a pale subbasal lino defined by black on outer side, angled outwards below costa, inwards on vein 1 and excurved above inner margin ; claviform large, defined by whitish, its base black or rarely entirely filled in by black ; the orbicular and reniform with whitish annuli defined by a few black scales, the former round, the latter with its lower edges produced inwards on median nervure and often confluent with the orbicular; a quadrate black patch in cell between the upper parts. Fig. 78.âAf/rotis rectangula, J. \, of stigmata; two black spots on medial part of costa; the post- medial line minutely dentate, black, defined by grey on outer side, strongly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; some pale points on costa towards apex; thesubterminal line defined by pale brownish on outer side, angled outwards at vein 7, then dentate ; some dark points on termen. Hind wing ])ale suffused with brown, especially on the veins and terminal half ; the underside with discoidal spot and curved postmediul lino ou costal half of wing. The antennae of male have some rough black scales at base of shaft. Ab. 1. anderrer/f/i. Head, thorax, and fore wing darker purplish fuscous.âAlps ; Urals ; C. Asia ; Siberia : Kamschatka. Ab. 2. acutangvJa. Fore wing browner, with the stigmata prominent.âC. Asia. Hah. Switzerland, Frey Coll., 3 J, 2 $ ; Italy ; Austria ; lluMELiA ; lIussiA, Kasau, 2 d", Urals ; Asia Minor, Pontus, Taurus ; W. Siberia, Altai, 1 $ ; W. Turkestan, Ala Tau, Issyk-kul; E. Turkestan, Thian-Shan Mts.; E. Siberia, Kamschatka. Ed'p. 36 millim. *7G5. Agrotis pat
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