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KOCTCID^. 



defined by j'ellow below ; claviform represented by a small black 

 triangle ; orbicular and reniform purple-grey, forming a V-shaped 

 mark and defined by black triangles before, between, and beyond 

 them ; an oblique series of wedge-shaped marks from apex to below 

 vein 2, where the mark is^bisected by a yellow streak ; a series of 

 triangular marks just before termen from vein 6 to above vein 1, 

 where the mark is more elongate ; a fine terminal line and three 

 lines through the cilia. Hind wing purplish white, the veins and 

 marginal areas suff"used with brown ; the underside with the veins 

 and marginal areas irrorated with brown ; a small discoidal spot. 



Hah. N. Peru, Huaneabamha, 8000 feet, type t in Coll. Druce. 

 jE'.rjj. 46 raillim. 



Genus CONISANIA, uov. 



Type, C. leineri. 



Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely porrect, fringed with hair below; 

 ffons wilh suiall i-ounded prominence ; eyes large, rounded ; antenna? of male 

 ciliated ; head and thoi-ax clothed with liair and hair-like scilcs, the pro- and 

 metathorax with sjjreading crests; fore tibia} with spine on outer ^ide near 

 extremity, the tarsus with curved claws on each joint, longer towards extremity 

 of joint ; abdou)en with dorsal crest on basal segment. Fore wing witii veins 

 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; G from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing 

 witli 8 to (brm the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from 

 angle of cell ; b obsolescent from just below angle of discoeellulars ; 6, 7 from 

 upper angle or stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



1820. Conisania leineri. 



Js'ociva leiveri, Frr. Neu. Beitr. Schmett. ii. p. 145, pi. 184. f. 3 (1831) ; 



Herr.-Schiiff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 102; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 158, 

 Leucania /areata, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1837, iv. p. 40. 

 Mamestra cervina, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1842, iii. p. 546; Herr.-Schiiff. Eur. 



Schmett., Noct. ff. 1G3-4. 

 Mamestra pomerana, Scluilz, Stett. ent. Zeit. 18(59, p. 51. 

 Mamestra bovina, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 14. 

 Mamestra albina, Staud. Iris, ix. p. 254 (1896). 



Head and thorax bright rufous ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen 

 rufous mixed with oehreous. Fore wing bright rufous, the veins 



Fig. 141. — Conisania leineri, (^ . \. 



irrorated with white ; the subbasal line rejjresented by white points 

 on costa and median nervure ; the antemedial line indistinct, waved, 

 with white points on costa, median nervure, vein 1, ajid inner 

 margin ; claviform obsolete ; orbicular and reniform with indistinct 

 trLite ocelli, the former small, round, the latter narrow with some 



