664 CATALOGUE OF 



wings. Fore wings with some black zigzag lines, which are 

 irregularly bordered with ochraceous-cinereous ; exterior part of the 

 costa with the usual points of the latter hue, which also distinguishes 

 the large reniform mark ; this is interlined and bordered with black; 

 three longitudinal submarginal streaks and marginal points black. 

 Hind wings brownish cinereous; exterior border slightly excavated, 

 in front. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Vancouver's Island. Presented by Dr. Lyall. 



Mamestea plagiata. 



Fcem. Nigricante-purpurascens ; palpi oblique ascendentes,articulo 

 2o fimbriate) So minimo ; thorax cinereo fasciatus, antice 

 niger ; abdomen pallide cinereum; alee anticce plaga basali 

 cinerea lineas tres nigricantes includente, striga lata nigra or- 

 bicularem obliquam includente,reniformi nigro submarginata, 

 plaga costali cinerea nigro subnebulosa ; posticce cinerea. 



Female. Blackish purplish, pale cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 obliquely ascending ; second joint fringed beneath, cinereous at the 

 tip above ; third conical, cinereous above, less than one-sixth of the 

 length of the second. Thorax with a pale cinereous band near the 

 fore-border, which is black. Abdomen pale cinereous, extending 

 somewhat behind the hind wings. Fore wings with a cinereous 

 patch near the base, containing three blackish lines and bordered 

 with black ; a broad black streak extending from the patch to the 

 reniform mark and interrupted by the orbicular, which is elliptical 

 and oblique ; reniform as large as the orbicular, incompletely black- 

 bordered, contiguous on the outer side to an elongated cinereous 

 costal patch, which is shaded with black towards its end, where there 

 are three cinereous costal points. Hind wings cinereous ; fringe 

 paler ; under side with a brown lunule and an exterior brown line. 

 Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



a. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Mamestea ordinaeia. 



Mas. Cinereo-fusca, nigro varia ; antenna setulosce ; abdomen 

 vitta dorsad nigra ; alee anticce nigro Irilineatce, linea la 

 undulata dentata lineolaque postica arcuata connexis, 2a 

 3aque extus pallido marginatis y 2a denticulata 9 3a e lituris 



