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the disk included in a little indistinct blackish streak; an undulating 

 indistinct transverse line of blackish points near the exterior border. 

 Hind wings dark cinereous towards the exterior border. Length of 

 the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



Closely allied to L. ciliata. 



13. MAMESTRA CONFUNDENS. Fccm. Cinereo-fusca, palpis por- 

 rectis caput paullo superantibus, thoracis tegulis anticis fusco trans- 

 verse unilineatis, alis anticis linea antemedia linea postmedia lineaque 

 submarginali fuscis cinereo marginatis la 2aque angulosis iu- 

 distinctis 3 a subangulosa orbiculari et reniformi cinereo marginatis 

 lituris costalibus fuscis et cinereis, alis posticis albis dimidio exteriore 

 fusco. 



Female. Cinereous-brown. Body beneath and legs cinereous. 

 Palpi porrect, slender, smooth, extending a little beyond the head ; 

 third joint conical, not more than one-sixth of the length of the 

 second. Thorax with a transverse brown line on the fore tegulae. 

 Abdomen cinereous, extending somewhat beyond the hind wings. 

 Tarsi blackish ; tips of the joints white. Fore wings with cinereous- 

 bordered orbicular and reniform marks between two zigzag transverse 

 brown lines, which are bordered with cinereous ; a more distinct 

 slightly zigzag submarginal line, which is cinereous on the inner 

 side and brown on the outer side ; some brown and cinereous costal 

 marks indicative of other lines, which elsewhere are hardly per- 

 ceptible. Hind wings white ; exterior half brown ; the two hues 

 confusedly connected. Length of the body 6i lines ; of the wings 

 16 lines. 



14. AGROTIS COSTALIS. Mas. Rufescente fusca, subtus pallide 

 cinerea, palpis squamosis oblique ascendentibus verticem non super- 

 antibus articulo 2o extus nigro, antennis setulosis, thoracis tegulis 

 anticis et margine postico cinereis, alis anticis vitta abbreviata 

 strigaque obliqua lanceolata subarcuata pallide cinereis striga dis- 

 coidali longitudinali strigaque postica nigris, fascia marginali postice 

 undulata pallide cinerea, alis posticis fuscescente cinereis. 



Male. Reddish brown, pale cinereous beneath. Palpi squamous, 

 obliquely ascending, not rising higher than the vertex ; second joint 

 mostly black on the outer side; third conical, not more than one- 

 fourth of the length of the second. Antennae minutely setulose. 

 Fore tegulae and hind part of the thorax pale cinereous. Abdomen 



Eale cinereous, extending rather beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft 

 irge. Pectus densely pilose. Fore wings with a pale cinereous 

 costal stripe, which does not extend to the tip; a black longitudinal 

 discoidal streak, which widens outward and is interrupted by an 

 oblique lanceolate slightly pale cinereous streak and extends to a 



