﻿1684 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Cinereous, paler beneath. Thorax blackish cinereous 

 bindward, with an interrupted black band in front. Abdomen 

 reddish, cinereous towards the base ; apical tuft large. Fore wings 

 reddish, cinereous and with black marks along the costa; sub- 

 marginal line white, undulating, interrupted ; orbicular mark 

 obsolete; renifbrm black, rather small, somewhat contracted in the 

 middle. Hind wings pale cinereous, with a brownish marginal 

 line; under side reddish, and slightly speckled with black along the 

 costa. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. East Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



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Mamestra thoractca. 



Mas. Obscure fusca, suhtus cinerea ; caput cervinum ; thorax 

 anticus cervinus fusco fasciatus ; abdomen cinereum^ sub- 

 cristaturn ; alee anticce subconspers(s, lineis undulatis nigris 

 nonnunquam obsoletis^ strigis suhmarginalibus cuneatis nigris, 

 linea submarginali testacea undulata^incojupleta, punctis apud 

 venas albis, orbiculari et reniformi alba ex parte marginatis, 

 hac albonoiata, ilia oblonga maculaque postica nigricante atro 

 marginata connexis ; posticce lunula discali margineque lata 

 fuscescentibus. 



Male. Dark brown, cinereous beneath. Head and fore part 

 of the thorax fawn-culour ; the latter with brown bands. Abdomen 

 cinereous, slightly crested. Fore wings brown, minutely speckled 

 with undulating irregular and sonielimes obsolete black lines; sub- 

 marginal line composed of cuneiform black streaks, bounded 

 exteriorly by a testaceous undulating incomplete line; a few white 

 points on the veins ; orbicular and reniform marks partly bordered 

 with white ; the former obloug, and connected with a blackish hind- 

 ward spot, which has a deep black border ; reniform slightly con- 

 tracted in the middle, including a white mark. Hind wings with a 

 brownish discal lunule, and a broad brownish border. Length of 

 the body 7 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



a, b. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



Mamestra demitte 



NS 



Mas. Fusca, suhtus testaceo-cinerea ; caput et thorax anticus sub- 

 cervina ; abdomen nigricante-cinereum ; alee anticce nigro 



