222 CATALOGUE OF 



Hadena et Luperina, p., Boisd. ; Dup. 

 Aplecta, p., Boisd. 

 Polia, p., Herr.-Schaff. 



Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi stout, porrect, 

 pilose, extending somewhat beyond the head ; third joint elongate- 

 conical, about one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennce 

 hardly more than half the length of the body. Abdomen crested, 

 extending for one-third of its length beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 stout ; hind tibicB with four long spurs. Wings moderately broad. 

 Fore wings straight in front, somewhat rounded at the tips, denti- 

 culaied and moderately oblique along the exterior border; second 

 inferior vein nearer to the third than to the first; fourth hardly re- 

 mote. Male. — Autennee hardly ciliated. 



Europe. 



Group 1. 

 Statura sat magna. Abdomen subcristatum. 

 Size rather large. Abdomen slightly crested. 



1. Mamestra chexopodiphaga. 



Mas. Al(B anticcB fusco-virescentes, linea externa angulata, angu- 

 lis quatuor longioribus ; maculis ordinariis una conjunciis. 



Mamestra chenopodiphaga, Boisd. ; Ramhur, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 



i. 283, pi. 9, f. 7. Frey. Neu. Beit. Schmett. iii. pi. 209, f. 1. 



Geyer, Samml. Eur. Schmett. 831, 832. Dup. Hist. Nat. Lep. 



Fr. SuppL iii. 251, pi. 23, f. 5. Guen. Ann Soc. Ent. Fr. vi. 



245; Noct. i. 190,295. 

 Aplecta chenopodiphaga, Boisd. Ind. Meth. 122, 969. 

 Polia chenopodiphaga, Herr.-Sch<2^\ Eur. Schmett. ii. 264, 251. 



South France. Corsica. 



a, h. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



2. Mamestka immunda. 



Fusca ; abdomen cinereum ; alee anticte fasciis anyulosis pallidio- 

 ribus nigro-fusco marginatis, linea transversa extenore e guttis 

 albidis., maculis reniformi et orbiculari bene determinatis ilia 

 extus albido marginata ; posticce glauco-cinerece, ciliis albidis. 



Mamestra immunda, Eversm. Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 1842. 

 Faun. Volg-Ural. 195. Guen. Noct. i. 190, 296. 



