670 CATALOGUE OF 



reniformi lineisque tribus exterioribus macularibus atris 

 rubro signatis, atornis nonnullis lineisque tribus subundulatis 

 albis ; posticcenigricantes, basali cinerece. Var. g. — Thorax 

 ockraceus, fasciis duabus nigris interrupts, anlice cinereus. 



Male. Glaucous-black, very stout, cinereous beneath. Head 

 deep black, cinereous in front. Palpi whitish, nearly vertical, not 

 rising higher than the head ; second joint mostly black on the outer 

 side ; third conical, not more than one-fourth of the length of the 

 second. Antennse smooth. Thorax varied with ochraceous. Ab- 

 domen cinereous, mostly blackish towards the tip, extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings. Femora and tibiae densely pilose ; spurs 

 long, slender. Fore wings with some spots near the base, orbicular 

 and reniform marks and three exterior macular lines deep black, 

 marked with deep red; some white speckles and three slightly 

 undulating white lines; first and second lines near the base ; third 

 intersecting the first line of black spots, exterior border convex, 

 hardly oblique ; interior border cinereous towards the base. Hind 

 wings blackish, cinereous towards the base ; a blackish point in the 

 disk ; fringe cinereous ; under side with a broad black marginal 

 band. Var. (3. — Thorax ochraceous, with two interrupted black 

 bands, cinereous in front. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 

 22 lines. 



a. Tasmania. Presented by Dr. Milligan. 



b. Tasmania. From Mr. A. J. Smith's collection. 



Genus HAMA. 

 Hama, Duponchel— Mamestra, p., Cat. Lep. Het. ix. 221 



Hama exsiccata. 

 exsiccata, Wlngr. Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. 169. 

 Caffraria. 



Hama latipennis. 



latipennis, Wlngr. Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. 169. 

 Caffraria. 



