HETEROCERA. 477 
reddish-brown band edged on both sides with minute black dots, the fringe dark brown ; secondaries 
dark brown, the fringe pale yellowish-brown; the underside pale grey, both wings broadly bordered with 
dark brown : head, thorax, and abdomen reddish-brown, the antennez dark brown. Expanse 1? inch. 
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (MM. Trujillo), Orizaba (Boucard, in mus. D.). 
The Orizaba specimens are rather paler than the one from Jalapa, which is 
figured. 
11. Mamestra sadales, sp. n. (Tab. XCIII. fig. 19.) 
Primaries almost black, crossed near the base and along the outer margin by several blacker lines, the fringe 
black ; secondaries dusky brownish-white, paler in the middle and at the base, the fringe dark brown: 
head, antenne, and thorax black, the abdomen brownish-black, the legs blackish-brown. Expanse 
1} inch. 
Hab. Mexico, Omilteme in Guerrero 8000 feet (4. H. Smith). 
One specimen. 
TRICHOLITA (to follow the genus Mamestra, I. p. 273). 
Tricholita, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soe. ii. p. 215 (1875). 
1. Tricholita (?) variata. 
Tricholita (?) variata, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 231 (1894) °. 
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (coll. Schaus *). 
APAMEA (I. p. 273). 
3. Apamea mutina. 
Apamea mutina, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 288 (1894) *. 
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (coll. Schaus'). 
4, Apamea mammida, sp.n. (Tab. XCIIL. fig. 20.) 
Primaries pale brown, streaked with darker brown, and with two very indistinct waved lines crossing the wing 
beyond the middle, the fringe brown; secondaries whitish, broadly bordered with dark brown: head, 
antennee, thorax, and abdomen dark brown. Expanse 1,’ inch. 
Hab. Guatemata, Volcan de Atitlan 2500 to 3500 feet (Champion). 
Two specimens. 
5. Apamea letrina, sp.n. (Tab. XCIII. fig. 21.) 
Male. Primaries dull brown, spotted with black beyond the middle, the base, a spot at the end of the cell, and 
a few streaks near the apex greyish-white, the fringe dark brown ; secondaries dark brown, paler at the 
base and along the inner margin, the fringe brown: head, antenne, thorax, and abdomen dark brown.— 
Female. Very similar to the male. Expanse 1,%, inch. 
Hab. Muxico, Omilteme in Guerrero 8000 feet (Hl. H. Smith). 
6. Apamea (?) euryte, sp.n. (Tab. XCIII. fig. 22, ¢.) 
Male. Primaries brownish-fawn-colour, paler along the costal margin, with several dark brown markings 
