LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 669 



Abdomen cinereous, extending a little beyond the hind wings. 

 Anterior legs blackish ; joints of the tarsi with whitish tips. Fore 

 wings with some incomplete indistinct deep black lines ; orbicular 

 mark represented by a white point, which is bordered with deep 

 black ; reniform white, rather narrow, lanceolate hindward, bordered 

 with deep black. Hind wings cinereous, broadly bordered with 

 aeneous; fringe whitish, except towards the base; under side 

 whitish, brown-speckled, and with a brown apical patch. Length 

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



It has some resemblance to M. insignata, but the markings of 

 the fore wings are very different. 



a. Tasmania. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



Mamestra te neb ROSA. 



Fcem. Nigricante-cinerea ; palpi porrecti, caput vix superantes ; 

 thorax nigro fasciatus ; alee anticce Uriels cluabus cinereis undu- 

 latis nigro marginatis, la basali, 2a antemedia, striga atra 

 orbicularem attingente, reniformi nigro marginata, linea sub- 

 marginali cinerea angulosa ; posticce cinerea 7 , fuscescente 

 marginatce, venis fuscis. 



Female, Blackish cinereous, cinereous beneath. Palpi por- 

 rect, hardly extending beyond the head. Fore tegulae of the thorax 

 with a narrow black band. Abdomen cinereous, extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings. Fore wings with two cinereous undulating 

 black-bordered lines; first line very near the base; second on the 

 inner side of the black-bordered reniform mark, which is elliptical 

 and longitudinal ; a deep black streak extending from the orbicular 

 and interrupted by the black-bordered reniform, which has the usual 

 shape; submarginal line cinereous, zigzag; marginal lunules 

 black. Hind wings cinereous, brownish towards the exterior bor- 

 der ; veins brown ; under side irregularly blackish along the exterior 

 border. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 18 lines, 



a. Australia. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



Mamestra trilineata. 



Mas. Glauco-nigra, crassa ; caput atrum, antice cinereum ; palpi 

 albidi, suberecti, extus nigri, articulo So conico ; thorax 

 ochraceo varius ; abdomen cinereum, apicem versus nigricans ; 

 pedes dense pilosi; alee anticce maculis basalibus, orbicularis 



