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Asia. 



34. Mamestba infausta. 



Nigricans, cinereo conspersa ; alw anticce nigro-fusca, lineis trans- 

 versis undulatis alris, maculis reniformi et orhiculari indis- 

 tinctis ex parte cervino marginatis, lituris nonnullis exlerioribus 

 cervinis ; posticcefuscce. 



Blackish, sprinkled with cinereous. Fore wings blackish brown, 

 with deep black transverse undulating' lines ; reniform and orbicu- 

 lar spots indistinct ; part of their borders, and some exterior and 

 submarginal marks dull fawn-colour. Hind wings brown. Length 

 of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



a. Silhet. From Mr, Argent's collection. 



Australia. 

 Group 1. 



Abdomen valde cristatum. Alee anticae margine exteriore 

 denticulate; postics marginibus nigricantibus. 



Abdomen distinctly crested. Fore wings with the exterior bor. 

 der denticulated. Hind wings with blackish borders. 



35. Mamestra sepultrix. 



Nigricans, cinereo conspersa ; abdomen nigro-cinereum , basi pal- 

 lide cinereum ; alee anticce lineis transversis undulatis lunu- 

 lisque marginalibus atris, lineolis nonnullis lutein, maculis 

 reniformi et orbiculari luteo marginalis, ilia albido signata ; 

 posticce basi canescentes. 



Var. Al(B anticce mngis cinerascentes, lineolis nnllis luteis, macula 

 exteriore iestacea, maculis reniformi et orbiculari nigra mar- 

 ginatis. 



Mamestra sejiultrix, Guen. Noct. i. 200, 317. 



a. Tasmania. Presented by Morton Allport, Esq. 



36. Mamestra nigerrima. 



Nigra; abdomen nigricans bau albidum, aut albidum ci-isla nigra ; 

 tarsi albo annulati ; alee anticce lineis transversis angulosis 

 strigisfjue lanceolalis exterioribus atris, litura discali alba aut 

 lutea nonnunquam obsoleta ; posticce albce, margine latissimo 

 nigricante. 



Mamestra nigerrima, Guen. Nuct. i. 200, 318. 



Australia. 



