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Fawn-colour. Abdomen paler than the thorax/ Fore wings 

 pale fawn-colour, speckled with brown, with brown marks along the 

 costa, and with two brown irregular bands ; the first shortened in 

 front, partly surrounding the reniform and orbicular spots, and con- 

 taining a hindvvard fown-coloured spot; the second marginal, much 

 indented, and containing testaceous dots; reniform spot and orbicu- 

 lar spot large, of the usual form ; cilise interlined with brown. 

 Hind wings pale cinereous, with broad brownish borders. Length 

 of the body 5^ lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



Australia. 

 Group 1. 

 Like the second African group. 



19. Apamea saliaris. 



Cervino-fusca ; abdomen cinereum ; alee anticcs maeulce orbicularis 

 marc/ine, Hturis costalibus lunulisque marginalibus nigris^ 

 flaga apicali, macula reniformi lineisque undulatis transversis 

 iest(iceis,fasciis duabus (una exteriore altera marginali) venis- 

 que glaucesceniibus ; posticcs fuscescentes. 



Apamea saliaris, Guen. Noct. i. 212, 335. 



Australia. *^ 



20. Apamea spumigera. 



Cinerea, thorax fasciis nigricantibus ; abdomen cervino- cinereum, 

 lateribus nonnunquam albo-nigroque variis ; alee antiae plaga 

 maxima discali fasciisqne variis nigro-fuscis ; costa, basi nia- 

 culaque diffusa exteriore rufescentibus, fascia repanda exteriore 

 maculisque orbiculari et reniformi albidis, margine exteriore 

 cinereo strigis nigris ; posticce fuscescentes, albo plus mimisve 

 vance. 



Apamea spumigera, Guen. Noct. i. 212, 336. 



Australia. 



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