238 CATALOGUE OF 



a, b. Tasmania. Presented by Morton All port, Esq. 



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



d. Tasmania. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



e. Sydney. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



/. Australia. Presented by the late Earl of Derby. 

 g. Australia. Presented by Capt. Gray. 



37. Mamestra aterrima. 



Foem. Atra ; abdomen nigro-cinereum, atra cristatum ; tarsi 

 albido fasciati ; aim anticce breviusculce, latiusculce, subglau- 

 cescentes, lineis nonnullis transversis subundulatis atris ; pos- 

 ticus nigro-cinerea, margine antico fasciisque duabus albidis, 

 linea atra angulosa submarginali. 



Female. Deep black. Abdomen blackish cinereous, with a 

 deep black crest. Tarsi with whitish bands. Fore wings rather 

 short and broad, with a slight glaucous tinge, which is interrupted 

 by several deep black slightly undulating transverse lines. Hind 

 wings blackish cinereous, whitish in front, and with two whitish 

 bands, the exterior one very incomplete ; a deep black zigzag sub- 

 marginal line. Wings beneath cinereous, with a narrow white 

 band, and with a broad exterior black band, which is much darker 

 in the hind wings than in the fore wings. Length of the body 6 

 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



38. Mamestra prolifera. 



Fcem. Ferrugineo-fusca ; abdomen cinereum ; aim antica guttis 

 costalibus punctisque marginalibus testaceis, maculis reniformi 

 et orbiculari indistinctis, macula flava guttaque testaeea apud 

 maculam reniformem; posticoe fusco-cinerece. 



Female. Dark ferruginous-brown. Abdomen cinereous. Fore 

 wings with some testaceous costal dots and some testaceous margi- 

 nal points ; reniform spot and orbicular spot indistinct, the former 

 containing an oblong transverse pale yellow spot, in front of which 

 there is a testaceous dot. Hind wings brownish cinereous. Length 

 of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 

 New South Wales. In Mr, Saunders' collection. 



This species much resembles M. nigerrima, and, like it, is 

 as nearly allied to Apaniea as to Mamestra. 



