﻿1682 CATALOGUE OF 



indistinctis rufo saturato marginatis ; posdcce lutece^ margine 

 lato obscure fusco^ fimbria rufescente ; alee subtus spatio 

 ex teriore rufo, fascia lata abbreviata nigricante. 



Male, Reddish fawn-colour, mostly luteous beneath. Abdo- 

 men luteous. Fore wings brick-red ; lines blackish, undulating, 

 indistinct, somewhat diffuse ; exterior line denticulated; orbicular 

 and reniform indistinct, with somewhat darker red borders. Hind 

 wings luteous, with broad dark brown borders ; fringe reddish. 

 Wings beneath mostly red exteriorly, with a broad blackish band, 

 which is abbreviated in front of each wing. Length of the body 

 6 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



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Mamestra vesperugo. 



Nigra ; alee anticce vix umbrosce, lineis ordinariis atris obsoletis, 

 externa acute dentata, stigmatibus tribus ordinariis con- 

 coloribus atro circumscriptis ; posticce nigricantes, 



Polia vesperugo, Eversm. Bull. Soc. Imp, Nat, Mosc. 1856, 3, 48, 1, 

 pi. 2, f. 6. 



Eastern Siberia. 



Mamestra Altaica, 



Cinerea ; alee anticee nigricante adumbratce, lineis medianis geminis 

 crenulatis nigris, linea submarginali alba dentibus duobus 

 obtusis aiicta, stigmatibus medianis cinereis nigro scriptis ; 

 posticce cinerece, externe nigricantes. 



Polia Altaica, Kinderm, Leder, Sibir. Schmett. ZooL Bot, Ver. pi. 



2, f. 6. Eversm. Bull. Soc, Imp. Nat. Mosc. 1856, 3, 51, 5. 

 Mamestra Brassicae, var, P 



South Altai Region. 



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Mamestra ? Orvia. 

 Cinereo-alba ; alee anticee leviter nebulosee, spatio medio nigro, 

 stigmatibus medianis albis, linea submarginali pallida maculis 



