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MR. F. WALKER ON HETERO0EROI7S LEPIDOPTERA 



cinereous, with a broad brown border. Length of the body 5 lines ; 

 of the wings 12 lines. 

 This species very closely resembles M. Brassicce. 



239. Mamestra albisparsa, n. s. Mas. Nigricanti-cinerea, palpo- 

 rum articulo 3° longiconico, antennis subpubescentibus, abdomine 

 alas posticas superante, pedibus densissime pilosis, alis anticis lineis 

 nigris undulatis indistinctis, reniformi alba nigro pupillata et margi- 

 nata, striga exteriore obhqua alba, linea submarginali alba denticulata, 

 punctis marginalibus nigris. 



Male. Blackish cinereous. Third joint of the palpi elongate-conical, 

 less than one-fourth of the length of the 2nd. Antennae very minutely 

 pubescent. Abdomen cinereous, extending beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs very densely clothed. Fore wings with indistinct transverse 

 black undulating lines ; reniform mark white, obliquely oblong, black- 

 pupilled and bordered, contiguous to an oblique white streak, which 

 is about twice its length ; submarginal line white, denticulated ; mar- 

 ginal points black. Hind wings cinereous; marginal line brown. 

 Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



Fam. NOCTUID^E, Guen. 



Gen. Agrotis, Oclis. 



240. Agrotis inconclusa, n. s. Mas. Rufescenti-cinerea, palporum 

 articulo 2° lato subarcuato, 3° minimo, antennis subpectinatis apice 

 nudis, abdomine fasciculo apicali spisso, tarsis basi tibiisque late fim- 

 briatis, alis anticis nigro conspersis rufescentc subnotatis, lineis duabus 

 fuscis, l a angulata subdenticulata, 2 a obliqua denticulata, fascia exte- 

 riore fuscescente lineam e lunulis albidis includcnte, puncto discali 

 punctisque duobus basalibus nigris. 



Male. Reddish cinereous. Palpi ascending ; 2nd joint broad, slightly 

 curved ; 3rd conical, extremely minute. Antennae slightly pectinated, 

 bare towards the tips. Abdomen with a large dense apical tuft. Tarsi 

 towards the base, and tibiae, broadly fringed. Wings with black mar- 

 ginal points. Fore wings indistinctly reddish-mottled, minutely black- 

 speckled ; interior and exterior lines brown, remote from each other ; 

 the 1st angular, slightly denticulated; the 2nd oblique, regularly 

 denticulated, having along its outer side a brownish band, including a 

 whitish line, composed of Luxuries* and along its inner side a row of 

 brown points; a black discal point and two black points very near the 

 base, one of them on the costa. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the 

 wings 18 lines. 



211. A o ROTIfl ini'IXA, ii. s. Mas. Cinerea, palporum articulo 2° vix 

 arcuato, •'»" longiconico, antennis serratis pubescentibus, tliorace faseia 

 fuscescente, abdomine fasciculo apicali parvo, pedibus subpilosis, alis 

 anticis lineis tribus angulosis lituraque basali necnon orbiculuri ct re- 

 niformi fuscis, ulis postieis albidis. 



