662 CATALOG OE OF 



orbiculari et reniformi albido punctatis alro marginatis ; 

 posticce cinerece, lunula venis fasciaque marginali diffusa 

 fuscescenlibus. 



Male. Black, cinereous beneath. Palpi very slightly ascend- 

 ing, extending rather beyond the head ; second joint fringed 

 beneath ; third elongate-conical, about one-fourth of the length of 

 the second. Antennae stout, thickly setose. Abdomen dark cine- 

 reous, extending a little beyond the hind wings. Wings with a 

 whitish line on the base of the fringe. Fore wings with whitish 

 points along the costa ; orbicular and reniform marks bordered with 

 deep hlack, containing whitish points ; orbicular almost round ; 

 reniform of the usual shape. Hind wings cinereous ; lunule, veins 

 and a diffuse marginal band brownish. Length of the body 9 lines ; 

 of the wings 22 lines. 



The pale marginal line of the fore wings distinguish it from 

 M. impulsa. 



a. Vancouver's Island. Presented by Lieut.-Col. Hawkins. 



Mamestea vetusta. 



Fcera. Carta; caput rufescente notatum; palpi porrecti^ extus 

 nigro notati, articulo So lanceolate* ; pectus rufescens ; alee 

 anticce latce, lineis nonnullis e lunulis indistinctis fuscis, tinea 

 basali angulala liturisque costalibus nigris, orbiculari et reni- 

 formi albidis magnis nigro submarginatis ; posiicm ceneo 

 suffuses. 



Female. Hoary, dingy beneath. Head with a transverse red- 

 dish mark between the antennae. Palpi porrect, extending a little 

 beyond the head ; second joint pilose, partly black on the outer 

 side ; third lanceolate, hardly one-third of the length of the second. 

 Pectus reddish. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs black-speckled ; spurs whitish, with a black band ; tarsi 

 spinose, their joints black towards the base. Wings broad. Fore 

 wings with some brown indistinct lines composed of lunules, and 

 with black marks along the costa ; a deeply angular black line near 

 the base ; orbicular and reniform marks large, whitish, incompletely 

 black-bordered ; marginal festoon black. Hind wings with an 

 aeneous tinge. Length of the body 10 lines ; of the)wings 24 lines. 



a. Vancouver's Island. Presented by Lieut.-Col. Hawkins. 



