LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 5Wrf 



24. Mamestra contenta. 

 Fusea aut cinerea ; thorax jaaciis indistinctis obsciirioribus ; ab- 

 domen cinereum ; ala anticce lineis transi^ei'sis angulosis palli- 

 dioribu^ nigro aut fmco maryinatis, maculis reniformi et 

 orbiculari magnis dislinctis, gutlis costalibus albis, lunulis 

 marginalibus nigris ; posticce cinerece^fusco marginatcB^ ciliis 

 albidis. 



Brown or cinereous. Thorax with indistinct darker bands. 

 Abdomen cinereous. Fore wings with transverse angulose paler 

 lines, which have blackish or brownish borders ; reuitbrra spot and 

 orbiculiir spot large, distinct, their borders like the transverse lines 

 in colour; some white dots towards the tip of the costa, and a mar- 

 ginal row of black luuules. Hind wings cinereous, with browuisb 

 borders and whitish cilise. Length of the body 7 lines ; of ihe wings 

 17 lines. 



a — d. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's collection. 



25. Mamestra unicolor. 



Foem. Marina ; abdomen cinereum ; ala anticce lituris costali- 

 bu-s et nonnunquam basalibus nigris, maculis reniformi et 

 orbiculari non bene determinatis ; posticcB albidce, cinereo 

 margiaatce. 



Female. Mouse-colour. Abdomen cinereous. Fore wings 

 with some black costal marks, and a few black basal marks, the 

 laiter someiimes obsolete ; reuiform and orbicular rinjilets variable 

 as to shape, and more or less incomplete. Hind wings whitish, 

 with cinereous borders. Length of the body 6—7 lines ; of the 

 wings 16 — 18 lines. 



This may be the female of M. Passer. 



a — d. Trenton Falls, New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, 



Esq. 

 e. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay. Presented by 



G. Barnsion, Esq. 

 f—h. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's collection. 



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