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Reniform moderate in size, erect, surrounded by a black line, which is, 

 however, somewhat broken and of uneven width, outwardly broadly 

 yellow-filled, inwardly to a lesser degree, this yellow colour in one 

 specimen largely fills the spot, in the other it is broken and fi-agmentary. 



Claviform conspicuous, black-filled, crosses t. a. line, and in some 

 instances its lower fork almost, if not quite, reaches basal line. Hind 

 wings with a broad blackish fuscous outer border, inwardly much lighter. 

 Discal dot well marked. Mesial band famt, lighter, hard to follow from 

 its being merged in fuscous border. Fringe, outer portion whitish, inner 

 half fuscous, with pale wavy yellowish-white line at base. 



Beneath : fore wings dark fuscous, more or less mixed with gray 

 along costa and outer margin. Mesial line evident, though not prominent. 

 Discal dot present. Hind wings dark grayish fuscous along costa and 

 external margins, paler centrally. Well-marked mesial band and discal 

 dot. Head, collar and thorax slightly darker than wings. Abdomen 

 fuscous, paler at base. One or two dorsal tufts at base, though not 

 prominent. Palpi blackish outwardly, lighter inwardly. Tongue 

 yellowish, at root of tongue on either side, when seen with lens, a small 

 tuft of bright orange hair. Thorax, abdomen and legs dark smoky 

 fuscous. Eyes hairy. Antennse broadly bipectinate, pectinations 

 terminating in one or two fine ciliie. AntennjB light yellowish fuscous. 



Types : 2 V 's, Huachuca Mts., Ariz. 



Mamestra hueco, n. sp. — Expanse : 35 mm. 



General colour a light yellowish brown or tan with darker coloured or 

 purplish brown markings, relieved by whitish shades, especially in the 

 median space. Palpi yellowish at tip, reddish outwardly. Head 

 yellowish. Collar tan-coloured, yellowish at base, tipped with whitish. 

 Patagia purplish-tan, somewhat darker than collar, bordered and tipped 

 with whitish. Thorax tan, moderate posterior thoracical tuft. Abdomen 

 tan and purple shades, latter most pronounced at the posterior part and 

 former at the anterior part of the segment, anal tuft distinct and well 

 marked. Abdomen at sides, below the middle, densely coated witii 

 tan-coloured hairs, having a tendency to arrange themselves in tufts. 

 Fore wings, basal half line distinct, purplish, in the centre just above 

 median veins a prominent broad, solid tooth of the same colour projects 

 almost to the t. a. line, there is also a small tooth above and below the 

 median one. The lower one of these is almost or quite connected with a 



