222 CATALOGUE OF 



Hadena et Luperina, p., Boisd. ; Dup. 

 Aplecta, p., Boisd. 

 Polia, p., Herr.-Schaff. 



Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi stout, porrect, 

 pilose, extending somewhat beyond the head ; third joint elongate- 

 conical, about one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae 

 hardly more than half the length of the body. Abdomen crested, 

 extending for one-third of its length beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 stout ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings moderately broad. 

 Fore wings straight in front, somewhat rounded at the tips, denti- 

 culated and moderately oblique along the exterior border; second 

 inferior vein nearer to the third than to the first; fourth hardly re- 

 mote. Male. — Antennas hardly ciliated. 



Europe. 



Group 1. 

 Statura sat magna. Abdomen subcristatum. 

 Size rather large. Abdomen slightly crested. 



1. Mamestea chenopodiphaga. 



Mas. Alee anticce fusco-virescentes, linea externa angulata, angu- 

 lis quatuor longioribus ; maculis ordinariis una conjunctis. 



Mamestra chenopodiphaga, Boisd. ; Rambur, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 



i. 283, pi. 9, f. 7. Frey. Neu. Beit. Schmett. iii. pi. 209, f. 1. 



Geyer, Samml. Eur. Schmett. 831, 832. Dup. Hist. Nat. Lep. 



Fr. Suppl. iii. 251, pi. 23, f. 5. Guen. Ann Soc. Ent. Fr. vL 



245; Noct. i. 190,295. 

 Aplecta chenopodiphaga, Boisd. Ind. Meth. 122, 969. 

 Polia chenopodiphaga, Herr.-Schceff. Eur. Schmett. ii. 264, 251. 



South France. Corsica. 



a, b. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



2. Mamestea immunda. 



Fusca ; abdomen cinereum ; alee anticce fasciis angulosis pallidio- 

 ribus nigro-fusco marginatis, linea transversa exteriore e guttis 

 albidis, maculis reniformi et orbiculari bene determinatis ilia 

 extus albido marginata ; posticce glauco-cinereat, ciliis albidis. 



Mamestra immunda, Eversm. Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 1842. 

 Faun. Volg-Ural. 195. Guen. Noct. i. 190, 296. 



