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Ferruginous-brown. Thorax and fore wings with a slight 

 purplish tinge. Abdomen brownish cinereous. Tarsi with testa- 

 ceous bands. Fore wings with two indistinct undulating dull 

 testaceous transverse lines, with some whitish testaceous dots along 

 the costa, with a whitish dot at the base, and with whitish marginal 

 points ; a testaceous dot at half the distance from the base to the 

 orbicular spot, which is small and oblong ; reniform spot large, tes- 

 taceous, with a black border like the other. Hind wings brownish, 

 cinereous towards the base. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the 

 wings 18 lines. 



Venezuela. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



32. MaMESTKA INDUCTA. 



Cinerea ; caput et thorax anticus obscuriora ; tarsi testaceo fas- 

 ciati ; ala? anticce lineis trans ver sis undulatis canis fusco mar- 

 ginatis, lituris costalibus et lunulis marginalibus niyris, 

 maculis orbiculari et reniformi distinctis canis nigro margi- 

 natis ; posticce pallide cinerea:, marginibus fuscescentibus, 

 ciliis albidis. 



Cinereous. Head and fore part of the thorax darker. Tarsi 

 with testaceous bands. Fore wings with transverse undulating 

 hoary brown-bordered lines ; costal marks and marginal lunules 

 black ; orbicular spot and reniform spot distinct, hoary, with 

 blackish borders, the former large and nearly round. Hind wings 

 pale cinereous, with brownish borders ; cilice whitish. Length of 

 the body 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



33. Mamestra? tessellata. 



Cinereo-nigra ; abdomen pallide cinereum ; ala? antica lineis 

 transversis nigris ; postica? pallide cinerea^, margine nigro- 

 cinereo, fascia strigaque postica albidis, 



Phalaena-Noctua tessellata, Anon. Ins. Surin. pi. 77. 



Surinam. 



