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39. Mamestra ignobilis. 



Fcem. Clnerea; caput albidum ; palpi apice albidi ; thorax 

 et ala anticce fusco conspersa ; lice lineis transversis undulatis 

 aut angulosisfuscis ; posticce basi pallidiores. 



Female. Cinereous. Head whitish. Palpi with whitish tips. 

 Thorax and fore wings sprinkled with hrown. Fore wings with 

 brown transverse undulating or zigzag lines. Hind wings paler 

 towards the base. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 

 lines. 



a. New Holland. Presented by Major-General Hardwicke. 



New Zealand. 



40. Mamestra comma. 



Fcem. Nigro-fusca ; abdomen cinereum ; alee anticce lineis trans- 

 versis angulosis subobsoletis nigris, macula orbiculari parva 

 rotunda iestacea nigro marginata, reniformi ex parte testacea 

 strigaque alba attenuata conjunctis ; posticce cinereo-fuscce, 

 ciliis pallidioribus. 



Female. Blackish brown. Abdomen cinereous. Fore wings 

 with very indistinct zigzag transverse black lines ; orbicular spot 

 small, round, testaceous, bordered with black ; reniform spot partly 

 testaceous, partly covered by a white mark, which is curved and 

 attenuated at one end. Hind wings cinereous-brown, with paler 

 ciliae. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 15 lines. 



a. New Zealand. From Mr. Churton's collection. 



Genus 6. CONDICA. 



Fcem. Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi 

 ad verticem ascendentes ; articulus 3us eylindricus, 2i dimidio fere 

 longior. Antenna? simplices, corporis dimidio longiores. Abdomen 

 alas posticas vix superans. Pedes validi ; tibiae postica? calcaribus 

 quatuor longissimis. Alas mediocriter lata?, apud costam recta?, 

 apice rotundata?, margine exteriore vix obliquo aut denticulate. 



Female. Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi as- 

 cending to the vertex; third joint cylindrical, full half the length of 

 the second. Antenna? simple, more than naif the length of the 

 body. Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 stout ; hind tibia? with four very long spurs. Wings moderately 



