78 CATALOGUE OF 



10. Mythimna contrakia. 



Ferrugineo-rufa ; abdomen testaceum ; alee anticce subpurpuras* 

 centes, lituris discalibus nigricantibus testaceo conspersis, guttis 

 marginalibus albidis ; posticce albce. 



Ferruginous-red. Abdomen testaceous. Fore wings with a 

 slight purplish tinge ; the usual discal mark blackish, speckled with 

 testaceous; a row of whitish marginal dots. Hind wings white. 

 Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a, b. New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



II. Mythimna teipaks. 



Rufo-cervina^ subtus pallida ; abdomen canum ; alee anticce litura 

 discali oblonga transversa, guttis quinque exterioribus angula- 

 tis, gutta interiore guttaque basali canis fusco linearis, costa 

 cano conspersa fusco biguttata ; posticce cance, marginibus pal- 

 lidissime fuscis. 



Eeddish fawn-colour, pale beneath. Abdomen hoary. Fore 

 wings with a hoary oblong transverse discal mark, with five exterior 

 angular dots, with an interior dot, and with a basal dot of the same 

 hue ; these marks are interlined with brown ; costa with hoary 

 speckles, which contain two brown dots. Hind wings hoary, with 

 very pale brown borders. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 

 12 lines. 



a. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



12. Mythimna yetusta. 



Cana ; antenna fulvce ; abdomen testaceum; alee anticce pallidis- 

 sime testacece, litura discali arcuata pallide fusca, gutta inte- 

 riore f us ca punctisque vix distinctis exterioribus et marginali- 

 bus fuscis ; posticce albce. 



Hoary. Antenna? tawny. Abdomen testaceous, except 

 towards the base. Fore wings very pale testaceous, with a curved 

 pale brown discal mark, with an interior brown dot, and with the 

 usual exterior and marginal brown points, which are indistinct. 

 Hind wings white. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 

 lines. 



a. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's collection. 



