676 Mr. A. G. Bniler' a Jar ther notes on the 



Var. Hadena mutans, <? , ? , Walker, Lep. Het., xi., 

 p. 602, n. 100 (1857). 



Mamestra acceptrix, ? , Fekler, Eeise der Novara, 

 Lep. iv., pi. cix., fig. 19. 



New Zealand. Coll. B. M. 



This is a very common and variable species, some of 

 the forms of which bear a considerable resemblance to 

 Euplexia sejmltrix. 



The Euplexia pectinata of Warren, which closely re- 

 sembles E. albovittata, Moore, belongs to this genus. 



Habryntis, Led. 

 H. v-brunneum, Grote, appears to me to be nothing 

 more than a variety of H. jjerlcidosa, in which the 

 central belt of the primaries is blacker. 



CoNSERVULA, Orote. 

 Conservida, Grote, Bull. Bufif. Soc, ii., p. 17 (1874). 

 Appana, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1881, p. 355. 



Cel.s:na, Steph. 



I cannot see any reason for distinguishing Hydroecia 

 and Helotropha from this "genus." Celcena is very 

 close to Mnmestra, so much so that I find that M. stricta 

 (= cinnaharina) and M. olwacea (which looks like a 

 black form of the same thing) undoubtedly belong to 

 Celiena, and are closely allied to C. renigera; on the 

 other hand, M. egens, which I considered (Trans. Ent. 

 Soc, 1889, p. 386, n. 7) to be identical with M. stricta, 

 proves, upon a second examination by a better light, to 

 be nearer to M. strigilis: Walker's type is much worn 

 and rubbed, so that one might be excused for making it 

 synonj'mous with almost any species of the same size; 

 nevertheless, traces of the pattern can be seen with the 

 help of a lens and bright sunlight. 



Celcena appears to be a fairly natural group, but the 

 structural distinctions between it and Mamestra are not 

 apparent on the surface. 



1. Celcena renigera. 

 Celcsna renigera, Stephens, 111. Brit. Haust., ii., p. 16 



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