186 MR. F. WALKER ON HETEROCEROUS LEPIDOPTERA 
cinereous, with a broad brown border. Length of the body 5 lines ; 
of the wings 12 lines. 
This species very closely resembles M. Brassice. 
239. MAMESTRA ALBISPARSA, n.8. Mas. Nigricanti-cinerea, palpo- 
rum articulo 3° longiconico, antennis subpubescentibus, abdomine 
alas posticas superante, pedibus densissime pilosis, alis anticis lineis 
nigris undulatis indistinctis, reniformi alba nigro pupillata et margi- 
nata, striga exteriore obliqua alba, linea submarginali alba denticulata, 
punctis marginalibus nigris. 
Male. Blackish cinereous. Third joint of the palpi elongate-conical, 
less than one-fourth of the length of the 2nd. Antenne very minutely 
pubescent. Abdomen cinereous, extending beyond the hind wings. 
Legs very densely clothed. Fore wings with indistinct transverse 
black undulating lines; reniform mark white, obliquely oblong, black- 
pupilled and bordered, contiguous to an oblique white streak, which 
is about twice its length; submarginal line white, denticulated ; mar- 
ginal points black. Hind wings ecinereous; marginal line brown. 
Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 
Fam. NOCTUIDA, Guén. 
Gen. AGROTIS, Ochs. 
240. AGROTIS INCONCLUSA,n.s. Mas. Rufescenti-cinerea, palporum 
articulo 2° lato subarcuato, 3° minimo, antennis subpectinatis apice 
nudis, abdomine fasciculo apicali spisso, tarsis basi tibiisque late fim- 
briatis, alis anticis nigro conspersis rufescente subnotatis, lineis duabus | 
fuscis, 1° angulata subdenticulata, 2* obliqua denticulata, fascia exte- 
riore fuscescente lineam e lunulis albidis imcludente, puncto discali 
punctisque duobus basalibus nigris. 
Male. Reddish cinereous. Palpi ascending ; 2nd joint broad, slightly 
curved ; 3rd conical, extremely minute. Antenne slightly pectinated, 
bare towards the tips. Abdomen with a large dense apical tuft. Tarsi 
towards the base, and tibize, broadly fringed. Wings with black mar- 
ginal points. Fore wings indistinctly reddish-mottled, minutely black- 
speckled; interior and exterior lines brown, remote from each other ; 
the lst angular, slightly denticulated; the 2nd oblique, regularly 
denticulated, having along its outer side a brownish band, including a 
whitish line, composed of lunules, and along its inner side a row of 
brown points; a black discal point and two black points very near the 
base, one of them on the costa. Length of the body 8 lines; of the 
wings 18 lines. 
241, AGROTIS INFIXA,n.s. Mas. Cinerea, palporum articulo 2° vix 
arcuato, 3° longiconico, antennis serratis pubescentibus, thorace fascia 
fuscescente, abdomine fasciculo apicali parvo, pedibus subpilosis, alis 
anticis lineis tribus angulosis lituraque basali necnon orbiculari et re- 
niformi fuscis, alis posticis albidis, 

