668 CATALOGUE OF 



wings with several pale cinereous points, which form incomplete 

 lines and are most regular along the costa; reniform mark large, 

 composed of an S-shaped pale cinereous mark, which is bordered by 

 dots of the same hue. Hind wings brown, cinereous towards the 

 base ; fringe cinereous. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 

 18 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



Mamestra nitida. 



Foem. Cinereo-nigra ; palpi porrecti, caput superantes, articulo 

 So longi-conico ; thorax atro fasciatus ; abdomen ceneo- 

 cinereum ; alee anticce striga discali atra interrupta, orbiculari 

 et reniformi obscure cinereis nigro submarginatis, la ovata 

 vix obliqua, 2a non exeavata, lineis duabus nigris denticulalis 

 indistinctis ; postica? cinerece. 



Female. Cinereous-black, dark cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 porrect, extending rather beyond the head ; second joint broad, 

 pilose beneath; third elongate-conical, less than half the length of 

 the second. Fore legulae of the thorax with a narrow deep black 

 band. Abdomen aeneous-cinereous, extending rather beyond the 

 hind wings. Fore wings shining, with a deep black longitudinal 

 streak which is interrupted by the reniform mark; orbicular and 

 reniform dark cinereous, slightly black-bordered ; orbicular nearly 

 oval, hardly oblique ; reniform not excavated ; two indistinct 

 denticulated black lines, one on the inner side of the orbicular mark, 

 the other on the outer side of the reniform. Hiud wings dark 

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



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



Mamestra luoifeea. 



Fcem. Nigra; palpi albidi, breves subascendentes, articulis lo 

 2oque atro fasciatis, So minimo ; ala anticce lineis nonnullis 

 indistinctis atris, orbiculari e puncio albo atro marginata^ 

 reniformi alba sat angusta atro marginata postice lanceolata; 

 posticce cinerea, ceneo late marginata ; fimbria albida. 



Female. Black, stout, cinereous beneath. Palpi whitish, 

 short, slightly ascending, nut rising so high as the vertex ; first and 

 second joints broadly banded with deep black ; third conical, very 

 minute. Fore tegulae of the thorax with a slender deep black band. 



