LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 663 



Mamestra DECLARATA. 



Mas et foem. Cinereo-fusca ; palpi subascendentes, articulo 2o 

 fimbriate, 3a conico ; antennae maris robusta, setosce ; alee 

 anticce lineis tribus nigris angulusis duplicatis, 2a lituram 

 lanceolatam nigro marginatam emittente y orbiculari et reni- 

 formi maximis cinereis nigro marginatum linea submarginali 

 cinerea dentata ; posticce cinerece^ venis margineque fusees- 

 centibus. 



Male and female. Cinereous-brown, cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 slightly ascending, extending a little beyond the head ; second 

 joint fringed beneath ; third conical, about one-fuurth of the length 

 of the second. Antennae of the male stout, thickly setose. Abdo- 

 men extending a little beyond the hind wings. Fore wings with 

 three zigzag double black lines; first line very near the base; 

 second on the inner side of the orbicular mark, behind which it 

 emits an elongated black loop ; third on the outer side of the reni- 

 form mark ; orbicular and reniform marks cinereous, very large, 

 black-bordered; orbicular nearly round; submarginal line cinereous, 

 dentate, indistinct; marginal lunules black ; fringe interlined with 

 cinereous. Hind wings cinereous, brownish along the exterior 

 border; veins brown ; fringe whitish. Length of the body 9 lines; 

 of the wings 18 — 20 lines. 



Allied to M. dubitans, but the orbicular and reniform marks 

 are differently shaped. 



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



Mamestra binotata. 



Mas. Obscure fusca; palpi oblique ascendentes i articulo So 

 conico ; abdomen lineis nonnullis angulosis nigris ochraceo- 

 cinereo submarginatis^ reniformi magna ochraceo-cinerea nigro 

 marginata et interlineata, strigis tribus longitudinalibus 

 submarginalibus punctisque marginalibus nigris ; posticce f us- 

 cescente-cinerece, margine exteriore antico subinciso. 



Male. Dark brown, stout, cinereous beneath. Palpi hirsute, 

 obliquely ascending, not rising higher than the vertex : third joint 

 conical, less than one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae 

 very minutely setulose. Abdomen cinereous, brown-crested above, 

 slightly tufted along each side, extending a little beyond the hind 



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