LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 667 



Mamestra OPPOSITA. 



Mas. Cinereo-nigra ; palpi suberecti, articulo So longi-conico ; 

 abdomen nigricante quadricristatum ; alee anticce lineis tribus 

 atris dentatis duplicatis, 2o lineolim ad reniformem emittente, 

 strigis submarginalibus atris, linea submarginali albido in- 

 terrupta, punctis marginalibus, atris reniformi maculam 

 ochraceo-albidam includente, posticus alhidce, fuscescente 

 marginata. 



Male. Cinereous-black, stout, reddish cinereous beneath. 

 Palpi nearly erect, clothed with short hairs, not rising higher than the 

 ▼ertex; third joint elongate-conical, about one-fourth of the length 

 of the second. Antennae setulose. Abdomen blackish cinereous, 

 cinereous towards the base; first, second, third, and fourth seg- 

 ments with blackish crests. Femora thickly fringed; tibia? and 

 tarsi blackish above; tips of the tarsal joints cinereous. Fore wings 

 with three double dentate deep black lines: first line very near the 

 base; second on the inner side of the orbicular mark, connected 

 with the reniform by a short oblique deep black line ; third beyond 

 the reniform, connected with some deep black streaks in which the 

 submarginal whitish line is apparent; marginal points deep black ; 

 intermediate marginal {joints whitish, some deep black costal dots 

 and three exterior whitish costal points; orbicular and reniform 

 large, incompletely bordered with deep black and with whitish, the 

 latter containing a triangular ochraceous whitish spot. Hind wings 

 whitish, with a brownish marginal band; fringe with a reddish 

 tinge. Length of the body 10 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



a. South Hindostan. Presented by M. J. Walhouse, Esq. 



b. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Mamestra dolorosa. 



Fcem. Nigra ; caput testaceo-cinereum, nigricante bifasciatum ; 



palpi oblique ascendentes, articulo So brevissimo ; abdomen 

 fuscescente- cinereum ; al& antica 7 lineis nonnullis indeter- 



minatis e punctis pallide cinereis, reniformi e litura valde 

 flexa guttuque pallide cinereis ; posticce fuscce, basi cinerea. 



Female. Dull black, cinereous beneath. Head testaceous- 

 cinereous, with two blackish bands. Palpi obliquely ascending, 

 cinereous on the inner side ; third joint extremely small. Abdomen 

 brownish cinereous, extending a little beyond the hind wings. 

 Femora and tibiae densely pilose ; ta«i with blackish bands. Fore 



