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broad. Fore wings straight in front, somewhat rounded at the tips, 

 hardly oblique or denticulated along the exterior border ; first, 

 second and third inferior veins contiguous at the base ; fourth mo- 

 derately remote. 



This species, as regards the palpi, approaches the second group 

 of Noctuites, but in other characters is closely allied to Mamestra, 

 and the species here described much resembles M. arctica. 



1. CONDICA PALPALIS. 



Mas, Cana ; caput ferrugineum ; thorax antice ferrugineus, 

 postice ferruginea conspersus ; abdomen fusco-cinereum, sub- 

 cristatum ; alee anticce ferruginece, cano conspersce, margine 

 interiore maculisque reniformi , orbiculari et marginali canis, 

 ciliis subtestaceis ferrugineo conspersis ; posticce pallide fuscce 

 ciliis albidis. 



Male. Hoary. Head and fore part of the thorax ferruginous ; 

 hinder part of the latter with ferruginous specks. Abdomen 

 brownish cinereous, slightly crested. Fore wings ferruginous, 

 mostly hoary along the interior border, with a hoary spot on the ex- 

 terior border, and with some hoary speckles elsewhere; the discal 

 ringlets also hoary ; ciliae slightly testaceous, with ferruginous 

 speckles. Hind wings pale brown, with whitish cilia?. Length of 

 the body 7 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a ' ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



Genus 7. DASYGASTEB. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi por- 

 recti, pilosi, caput paullo superantes ; articulus 3us cylindricus, 2i 

 triente non brevior. Antenna? corporis dimidio multo longiores. 

 Abdomen latum, plus minusve cristatum, subtus pilosissimum. 

 Pedes pilosi, breviusculi ; tibia? posticae calcaribus quatuor brevius- 

 culis. Alee mediocriter lata? ; anticae apud costam vix convexae, 

 apice subangulatae, margine exteriore subobliquo subrotundato. 



Dasygaster, Guen. Noct. i. 201. 



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

 extending a little beyond the head ; third joint cylindrical, about 

 one-third of the length of the second. Antennae much more than 

 half the length of the body. Abdomen broad, more or less crested, 

 very hairy beneath. Legs pilose, rather short; hind tibiae with four 



