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Fawn-colour. Abdomen paler than the thorax. Fore wings 

 pale fawn-colour, speckled with brown, with brown marks along the 

 costa, and with two brown irregular bands ; the first shortened in 

 front, partly surrounding the reniform and orbicular spots, and con- 

 taining a hind ward fawn-coloured spot ; the second marginal, much 

 indented, and containing testaceous dots ; reniform spot and orbicu- 

 lar spot large, of the usual form; cilise interlined with brown. 

 Hind wings pale cinereous, with broad brownish borders. Length 

 of the body 5^ lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by E. Templeton, Esq. 



Australia. 

 Group 1. 

 Like the second African group. 



19. Apamea saliakis. 



Cervino-fusca ; abdomen cinereum ; ala anticce maculae orbicularis 

 margine, lituris costalibus lunulisque marginalibus nigns, 

 plaga apicali, macula reniformi lineisque undulatis transversis 

 testaceis, fasciis duabus (una exteriore altera marginali) venis- 

 que glaucescentibus ; posticai fuscescentes. 



Apamea saliaris, Guen. Noct. i. 212, 335. 



Australia. 



20. Apamea spumigera. 



Cinerea, thorax fasciis nigricantibus ; abdomen cervino- cinereum, 

 lateribus nonnunquam albo-nigroque variis ; aim anticce plaga 

 maxima discali fasciisque variis nigro-fuscis ; costa, basi ma- 

 culaqne diffusa exteriore rufescenti bus, fascia repanda exteriore 

 maculisque orbiculari et reniformi albidis, margine exteriore 

 cinereo strigis nigris ; posticce fuscescentes, albo plus minusve 

 varia. 



Apamea spumigera, Guen. Noct. i. 212, 336. 



Australia. 



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