June, i8 9 s.] Schaus : New Species of Noctuid^e. 1 1 1 



Mamestra janeira, sp. nov. 



Body dull brown. Primaries reddish brown, darker along the costa and outer 

 margin ; the lines fine, black, basal line geminate, angular ; antemedial line geminate, 

 wavy ; postmedial line crenulate, followed by points on the veins ; subterminal line 

 punctiform outwardly shaded with yellowish brown ; orbicular large, dark, fintly 

 outlined in black and fusing with the darker costal margin ; reniform light reddish 

 brown, partly outlined in black, with a minute white spot in its lower portion ; a dark 

 median shade curved, and connected to the lower portion of the reniform by a dark 

 line. Secondaries dull brown ; underneath paler with a postmedial dark wavy line 

 and a large black discal spot on the secondaries. Expanse, 35 mm. 



Habitat : Rio Janeiro. 

 Mamestra trocas, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax light dull brown; abdomen paler. Primaries light brown, lines 

 darker, very fine and indisiinct ; the basal and antemedial lines wavy and slightly 

 curved ; a dark median shade angled below the reniform ; the postmedial geminate, 

 widely apart, broken, almost punctiform ; a subterminal row of small black spots, 

 outwardly shaded with white towards the apex ; a yellowish white spot at the inner 

 angle ; the spots faintly outlined in black, the reniform containing a few yellowish 

 scales. Secondaries light smoky brown. Expanse, 33 mm. 



Habitat : Castro, Parana. 



This species is closely allied to M. dotata Druce. 



Mamestra baruna, sp. nov. 



$ . Antennae pectinated, yellow. Head and thorax reddish brown ; abdomen 

 grayish brown ; anal hairs rufous. Primaries dark reddish brown, the lines indistinct ; 

 the antemedial outwardly curved between the veins ; a postmedial and a subterminal 

 row of black points ; the costal margin and fringe reddish ; the orbicular minute, 

 circled with white ; the reniform large quadrate, whitish gray. Secondaries pale yel- 

 lowish' with an indistinct marginal shade. Expanse, 40 mm. 



Habitat : Castro, Parana. 



The 9 has the primaries rich reddish brown, the veins somewhat 

 darker ; the spots as in the $ . Secondaries brownish black with red- 

 dish fringe. 



Mamestra subpicta, sp. nov. 



Body dark gray ; abdomen rufous beneath. Primaries above dark blackish gray, 

 the lines black and indistinct; some mottling from the base to the antemedial line, and 

 the space between the postmedial and subterminal lines, light brown ; a terminal row 

 of black points and some brownish spots on the fringe ; orbicular small, reniform, 

 large, both light brown circled with black. Secondaries very dark brown, the fringe 

 whitish. Underneath the primaries light rufous along the costa and subterminal 

 space ; the cell and apical half of outer margin black ; a wavy black postmedial line. 

 Secondaries below whitish, thickly mottled with reddish, scales towards the apex ; a 



