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^Ir. II. Druce on some 



XLVI. — Descriptions of some neio Species of Noctuidge/rowt 

 Tropical South America. By HERBERT Druce, F.L.S. &c. 



Lycophotia tetraonis, sp. ii. 



Female. — Head, collar, tegulae, and thorax greyish brown ; 

 abdomen and legs paler brown. Primaries dark brown, the 

 base and costal margin irrorated with greyish scales ; a sub- 

 marginal greyish line extends I'rom near the apex to the anal 

 angle, the fringe alternately light and dark brown : second- 

 aries hyaline white, the outer margin near tiie apex with a 

 row of tine small black dot?. Underside : primaries grey- 

 brown, with a marginal row of black dots : secondaries as 

 above, the costal margin irrorated with brown scales. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



IJab. N. Teru. Huancabamba, GOOO-10,000 feet (.1/^5. 

 Druce). 



Mamestra alh/JIuviata, sp. n. 



][Jale. — Front of head black ; top of the head and the collar 

 greyish ; tegulaj and thorax black ; antennae and abdomen 

 black, the base of the abdomen greyish ; legs black, banded 

 with white. Primaries white, the inner half black, with a 

 white mark just below the middle, a large y-shaped black 

 mark on the costal margin cloec to the apexj a black spot 



