1874.] 241 [Grote 



Mamestra einnabarina Grote. 



<?, ?. A small species with hairy eyes and a casual resemblance to 

 Euplexia lucipara in the arrangement of the colors. Deep brown; 

 the transverse lines picked out by pale, somewhat ochreous shades. 

 Claviform black; orbicular indistinct, partly black, edged with pale 

 central fleck; reniform pure white, contrasting, erect, with straight 

 base, above which it is narrowed, with dark linear centre more or 

 less obvious. Subterminal space contrastingly colored, light ochreous 

 brown, reddish brown above on costa; subterminal line preceded by 

 a reddish brown shade, the line itself is pale, followed by the black- 

 ish terminal space and fringes. The basal fields of the wing are 

 more or less flecked with ochreous brown so that they appear paler 

 than the median and terminal spaces. Hind wings fuscous without 

 marks; beneath paler, without lines. 



Expanse, d" 26, ? 24 mm. 



Hab. California (No. 2750, Dr. A. S. Packard, Jr.). 



Mamestra legitima. 



Apamea legitima Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc, Phil., Vol. in, p. 82, Plate 

 2, fig. 4. (1864.) 



I have recei ved from Dr. Packard specimens of this species from 

 Massachusetts, which have enabled me to correct my former generic 

 reference. The eyes are hairy; in general tint the species resembles 

 the much larger Mamestra purpurissata Grote. 



Mamestra laudabilis. 



Hecatera laudabilis Guenee. Noct. p. 30. 



I have received specimens of this species from California, from Dr. 

 Packard, so that we have a new locality for the species, the Califor- 

 nian specimens not differing appreciably from our Eastern material. 



Hadena arctica Boisduval. 



Vancouver Island (Dr. Packard). 



Ufeus plicatus Grote. 



California (No. 4414, Dr. Packard). The specimens do not differ 

 from our Eastern material, while they are perhaps a little higher col- 

 ored. There is a variability about the appearance of the discal lon- 

 gitudinal streak, while in one specimen the transverse line is obsolete. 

 Both sexes of the two species of Ufeus have now been observed. 



Heliothis (Melicleptria) pulchripennis Grote. 



cf . Eyes constricted. Fore tibia? with a disproportionately long 

 claw on the outside, and a short one on the inside, at the extremity ; 

 middle and hind tibiae spinose. Fore wings intensely reddish purple 



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