﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA 1083 



cuneiformihiis niijris aucta ; posticce cinereo-nigricantes, ciliis 

 albis. 



Polia Oryia, Eversm. Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 1856, 3, 77, 34, 

 pi. 2, f. 7. 



Cazaii. 



Mamestra? scripturosa. 



Dilute einerea, nigro conspersa, maculis ordinariis niyro circurn- 

 scriptis venisque nigris^ orbictilari elliptica, strlga suhmar- 

 ginall allicla serrulata bis sinuata interne maculis cunei- 

 formibus nigris limitata ; posticce albce (mas), cxterne 

 nigricantes, 



Polia scripturosa, Eversm. Bull. Sue. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 1854, 3, 

 190; 1856, 3,77, So. 



Kirgliese Steppe, Sec. 



Page 234. 



Mamestra obliviosa. 



Mas. CinereO'fusca, subtus cinerea ; abdomen cinereum sub- 

 cristatum ; alcB anticce lintis siibobsoletis denticulatis ob- 

 scurioribus etalbidis, orbiculari et reniformi vix determinaiis ; 

 posticce cinerece, margine lato fuscescente. 



Male. Cinereous - brown, cinereous beneath. Abdomen 

 cinereous, slightly crested. P'ore wings with almost obsolete denti- 

 culated darker brown and whitish lines ; orbicular and reniform 

 marks very indistinct, like the lines in colour. Hind wings 

 cinereous, with broad brownish borders ; fringe of the four wings 

 whitish at the base. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 18 

 lines. 



a. Rocky Mountains. Presented by the lale Earl of Derby. 



Mamestra assoctans. 



Mas. Cinerea; thorax postice nigricante -cinereus, fascia 

 antica interrupta nigra ; abdomen rufescens, basi cinereum^ 

 fa^ciculo apicali magno ; alee anticce rufescentes^ costa cinerea 

 nigro notata^ linea submarginali alba undulata interrupta, 

 orbiculari obsoleta, reniformi nigra sat parva ; posticce pallide 

 cinerece, linea mar ginali fuscescente^ sub tus apud costam rufeii- 

 centes nigro subconspersce. 



