LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 665 



lanceolatis, orbiculari et reniformi ellipticis pallidis nigra 

 mar gin atis ; posticce pallide cinerece, fascia marginali nigri- 

 cante lata diffusa. 



Male. Cinereous-brown, varied with black hairs. Palpi ob- 

 liquely ascending, not rising so high as the vertex. Antennae 

 minutely setulose. Abdomen extending much beyond the hind 

 wings, with a black dorsal stripe. Fore wings with three black lines ; 

 interior line undulating, dentate, accompanied by a loop line behind 

 the orbicular mark; exterior line denticulated, pale bordered on the 

 outer side like the submarginal line, which is composed of lanceolate 

 marks; orbicular and reniform marks elliptical, paler than the 

 ground hue, black-botdered, the first transverse, the second longi- 

 tudinal. Hind wings pale cinereous, with a broad diffuse blackish 

 marginal band. Wings beneath dark cinereous, with a black 

 discal dot and a black exterior denticulated line. Length of the body 

 8 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



South Africa. In Mr. D'Urban's collection. 



Mamestra catephiodes. 



loem. Atra y crassa ; antennae subtus fulvce ; abdomen basi album; 

 alee antic ce fascia exteriore cervina diffusa indistincta lineam 

 fuscam iucludente, reniformi cervina subrotunda, disco nigri- 

 canie punctum albidum includente ; posticce alba, nigricante 

 marginatce. 



Female. Deep black, very stout. Antennae tawny beneath. 

 Pectus* blackish cinereous. Abdomen white towards the base, ex- 

 tending a little beyond the hind wings. Fore wings with a diffuse 

 indistinct exterior fawn-coloured band, which contains a diffuse 

 brown line, the latter dilated hind ward ; reniform mark fawn-coloured, 

 nearly round, with a blackish disk, which contains a whitish point ; 

 under side blackish cinereous. Hind wings white, diffusedly 

 blackish along the exterior border. Length of the body 8 lines ; of 

 the wings 20 lines. 



South Africa. In Mr. D'Urban's collection. 



Mamestra chalyb^eata. 



Mas. Nigricante-fusca; palpi crassi, oblique ascendentes ; ab- 

 domen fuscum, cristatum, alas posticus superans, fasciculo 

 apicali magno ; alee anticce nigro-cupreai, chalybceo conspersce y 



