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(9.) Mamestra puerilisj Orote. 



S S . — Size small. Eyes liairy. Tibiae all unarmed. Thorax and abdomen, 

 indistinctly tufted. Labial palpi rather prominent. Color of Mamestra lorea, 

 varying from bright to dusky ochreous ; some specimens are quite dusky with 

 blackish hind wings. On the primaries the lines are narrow, faint and nearly 

 perpendicular ; the t. a. line waved outwardly four times ; the t. p. line marked 

 with fine black points on the veins, not roundedly exserted opposite the cell, 

 but running here parallel with the erect and distinct subterrainal line. Median 

 shade angulated, variably apparent. Reniform either white or reddish, and 

 this independent of the general tone of the wing, so that a resemblance to 

 Eydroecia nictitans, becomes noticeable ; when white with an included inferior 

 black stain or dot. Orbicular minute, black ringed with white center, or 

 inconspicuous in those specimens with reddish reniform; fringes darker than 

 the wing ; terminal line more or less continuous. Hind wings blackish with 

 the costal regions and fringes ochreous in the more reddish specimens. Be- 

 neath with distinct double exterior lines on the fore wings ; secondaries with 

 broad blackish median band and discal mark. The oviduct is not apparent 

 beyond the abdominal tip. 



Expanse, 27 m. m. A number of specimens from Mendocino, 

 California, taken in June, are sent by Mr. Belirens under the No, 8. 

 I have examined also specimens sent from California by Mr. Hy. 

 Edwards. 



(10.) Diaiithoecia leucogramma, Orote, Bui. Buf. Soc. N. S. 1, p. 140. 



^ . — Mr. Behrens sends a single fresh specimen in which the pale 

 dots following the subterminal black cuneiform marks are not at all 

 yellowish. The ? is still unknown to me. California. Collection of 

 this Society. 



(11.) Diaiithoecia rufiila, Grote. 



S $ . — Eyes hairy, with lashes. Male antennae brush-like, with a longer 

 bristle on each side of each joint. The oviduct is exserted. The abdominal 

 tuftings are obsolete. In color the species resembles Mamestra puerilis. It 

 is pale reddish ochery, variable in redness. Ordinary spots concolorous with 

 fine pale annuli ; the orbicular rather large, oblique ; the reniform erect, 

 with darker, partly blackish center, and is the more noticeable. The lines 

 fine and indistinct. The t. p. line is followed by a distinct series of black and 

 pale points. Subterminal line continued, erect, finely pale margined outwardly. 

 Fringes concolorous. Hind wings quite pale testaceous, stained with fuscous 

 on the veins and .hind border, with concolorous pale fringes. Beneath both 

 wings very pale with an exterior transverse denticulate line on primaries con- 



