238 CATALOGUE OF 



a, h. Tasmania. Presented by Morton All port, Esq. 

 e. Tasmania. From Mr. A. J. Smith's collection. 



d. Tasmania. Presented by the Entomolo^^ical Club. 



e. Sydney. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



/. Australia. Presented by the late Earl of Derby. 

 g. Australia. Presented by Capt. Gray. 



37. Mamestra atebeima. 



Foem. Atra ; abdomen nigrocinereiun^ atra cristalum ; tarsi 

 alhido fasciati ; alee anticcB breviuscula, laliuaculce, suhglau- 

 cescentes, lineis nonnuUis transx'ersis suhundidath atris ; pos- 

 ticce nigro-ciiierecs, margine antico fasciisque duabus albidis, 

 linea atra angulosa submarginaii. 



Female. Deep black. Abdomen blackish cinereous, with a 

 deep black crest. Tarsi with whitish bands. Fore wings rather 

 short and broad, with a slight glaucous tinge, which is interrupted 

 by several deep black slightly undulating transverse lines. Hind 

 wings blackish cinereous, whitish in front, and with two whitish 

 bands, the exterior one very incomplete ; a deep black zigzag sub- 

 marginal line. Wings beneath cinereous, with a narrow white 

 band, and with a broad exterior black band, which is much darker 

 in the bind wings than in the fore wings. Length of the body 6 

 lines; of tbe wings 14 lines. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



38. Mamestra prolifera. 



Fcem. Ferrugineo-fusca; abdomen cinereum ; alee anticcB guttis 

 costalibus punctisque margmalibus testaceis, maculis reniformi 

 et orbiculari indistinctis, macula Jlava guttaque testacea apud 

 maculam reniformem ; posticce fusco-cinerece. 



Female. Dark ferruginous-brown. Abdomen cinereous. Fore 

 wings with some testaceous costal dots and some testaceous margi- 

 nal points ; reniform spot and orbicular spot indistinct, the former 

 containing an ohlon<r transverse pale yellow spot, in front of which 

 there is a testaceous dot. Hind winjrs brownish cinereous. Length 

 of the body 6 lines ; of tbe wings 16 lines. 



New South Wales. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



This species much resembles M. nigerrlma, and, like it, is 

 as nearly allied to Apamea as to Mamestra. 



