LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 659 



Mamestra INDIRECTA. 



Foem. Obscure cinereo-fusca ; palpi porrecti, caput vix superantes ; 

 antennae setulosce ; alee anticce orbiculari et reniformi pal- 

 lidioribus, nigro submarginatis, lineis tribus denticulatis sub- 

 duplicatis lineaque marginali nigris ; posticce cinerece, venis 

 margineque nigricantibus. 



Female. Dark cinereous-brown. Palpi porrect, hardly ex- 

 tending beyond the head; second joint pilose; third extremely 

 short. Antennas very minutely setulose. Abdomen cinereous, ex- 

 tending a little beyond the hind wings. Fore wings with two black 

 transverse denticulated incompletely double lines near the base, 

 and with a third beyond the reniform mark ; orbicular and reniform 

 marks very slightly paler than the ground hue, incompletely bordered 

 with black, the former elongated and attenuated towards the base 

 of the wing, the latter of the usual form ; some marks behind the 

 orbicular, indicating another double line ; marginal line black, 

 slender, slightly festooned. Hind wings cinereous, blackish towards 

 the exterior border ; veins blackish. Length of the body 7 lines ; 

 of the wings 18 lines. 



West Canada. In the Rev. Mr. Bethune's collection. 



Mamestra ntgriceps. 



Mas. Obscure fusca ; caput et thorax anticus nigricantia ; an- 

 tennce setulosce ; alee anticce lituris costalibus, orbiculari, 

 reniformi punctisque marginalibus nigris, orbiculari elongata 

 subelliptica antice interrupta, reniformi subobsoleta ; posticce 

 cinerece, nigricante marginatce. 



Male. Dark brown. Head and fore part of the thorax black- 

 ish. Palpi blackish, ascending nearly as high as the vertex ; second 

 joint densely hirsute ; third extremely small. Antennas very minutely 

 setulose. Abdomen dark cinereous, extending a little beyond the 

 hind wings. Fore wings with some small black marks along the 

 costa ; these indicate the transverse denticulated lines, which are 

 elsewhere almost obsolete; orbicular mark black, elongated, nearly 

 elliptical, interrupted in front; reniform mark hardly apparent, 

 except on the inner side, which is black ; marginal points black. 

 Hind wings cinereous, diffusedly blackish towards the exterior 

 border ; veins blackish. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 

 20 lines. 



West Canada. In the Eev. Mr. Bethune's collection. 



2g 



