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39. Mamestra ignobilis. 



Foem. Cinerea; caput albidum ; palpi apice alhidi ; thorax 

 et al(B anticcB fusco conspersa ; hce lineis ira7isversis undulatis 

 aut angulosis fuscis ; pusticcB basi pnllidiores. 



Female. Cinereous. Head whitish. Palpi with whitish tips. 

 Thorax and fore wings sprinkled with brown. Fore wings with 

 brown transverse undulating or zigzag lines. Hind wings paler 

 towards the base. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 16 

 lines. 



a. New Holland. Presented by Major-General Hardwicke. 



New Zealand. 



40. Mamestra comma. 



Fcem. Nigro-fusca ; abdomen cinereum ; alee antica lineis trans- 

 versis angulosis subobsoletis nigris, macula orbiculari parva 

 rotunda testacea nigra inarginaia^ renifoimi ex parte testacea 

 strigaque alba attenuata conjunctis ; posticcs cinereo-fuscce, 

 ciliis pallidioribus. 



Female. Blackish brown. Abdomen cinereous. Fore wings 

 with very indistinct zigzag transverse black lines ; orbicular spot 

 small, round, testaceous, bordered with black ; reniform spot partly 

 testaceous, partly covered by a white mark, which is curved and 

 attenuated at one end. Hind wings cinereous-brown, with paler 

 cilicB. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 15 lines. 



a. New Zealand. From Mr. Churton's collection. 



Genus 6. CONDICA. 



Fcem. Corpus robustuni. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi 

 ad verticem ascendentes ; arliculus 3us cylindricus, 2i diniidio fere 

 longior. Antennae simplices, corporis dimidio longiores. Abdomen 

 alas posticas vix superans. Pedes validi ; tibia posticie calcaribus 

 qualuor lungissimis. Ala? mediocriter lata3, apud costam rectae, 

 apice rotundatce, margine exteriore vix obliquo aut denticulato. 



Female. Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi as- 

 cending to the vertex; third joint cylindrical, full half the length of 

 the second. Antennae simple, more than half the length of the 

 body. Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 stout ; hind tibiae with four very long spurs. Wings moderately 



