232 CATALOGUE OF 



Mamestra Passer, Guen. Noct. i. 195, 308. 



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



22, Mamestra dubitans. 



Mas et fcem. Ferruginea ; abdomen cinereum, pilis apicalibus 

 cervinis aut rufescentibus ; alee anticce testaceo subnotatce, 

 apud venas albido conspersce, lineis transversis fuscis, guttis 

 costalibus albis, maculis reniformi et orbiculari fusco margi- 

 natis testaceo variis ; posticce cinerece. 



Male and female. Ferruginous. Abdomen cinereous, with 

 fawn-coloured or reddish hairs at the tip. Fore wings with trans- 

 verse brown lines, with some slight testaceous marks, with some 

 whitish speckles on the veins, and with some white dots near the 

 tip of the costa ; reniform spot and orbicular spot with brown bor- 

 ders, the former mostly testaceous. Hind wings cinereous, paler at 

 the base. Var. Orbicular spot partly testaceous. Length of the 

 body 7 — 8 lines ; of the wings 16 — 18 lines. 



a — c. Trenton Falls, New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 

 d— f. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Eedman's collection. 



23. Mamestra ordinaria. 



Mas etfeem. Cinerea; abdomen canum ; alee anticce lineis trans- 

 versis undulatis nigricantibus plus minusve cano marginatis, 

 guttis costalibus albis, lunulis marginalibus nigricantibus, 

 maculis reniformi et orbiculari ex parte albo marginatis ; 

 posticce cinerece, marginibus fuscescentibus. 



Male and female. Cinereous. Abdomen hoary. Fore wings 

 with transverse undulating blackish lines, whose borders are more 

 or less hoary ; some white dots towards the tip of the costa ; margi- 

 nal lunules black or dark brown ; reniform spot and orbicular spot 

 occasionally partly bordered with white. Hind wings cinereous, 

 with brownish borders and whitish cilia?. Male. — Fore wings with 

 incomplete cinereous-brown bands, or almost wholly dark cinereous- 

 brown. Length of the body 7 — 8 lines ; of the wings 18 — 20 

 lines. 



a— f. Trenton Falls New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, 



Esq. 



