NEURIA. — MAMESTRA. 
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NEURIA, Guen. 
Neuria auripicta. (Plate CXXVII. fig. 3.) 
Nearest to N. iacisa : primaries sepia-brown, tinted with slaty grey on costal border and 
most of the veins and varied with black patches and spots between the veins somewhat as 
in iV. saponco'ice ; a line across the base, a narrow interrupted stripe across the basal fourth, 
a broad internal streak, the outlines of the discoidal spots, several costal dots, an ol^lique 
conical spot (enclosing a few dusky scales), a submarginal stripe, acutely angulated close to 
external angle, and two narrow undulated lines on the fringe, golden yellow ; the median 
vein and a streak along its first branch silvery white : secondaries sericeous pale brown, with 
a darker discal arched line and diffused external border; fringe yellow at base, white 
externally and traversed by a central series of dusky lunules : body similar to the allied 
" Heliophobus " dissectus of Walker, but the thorax much blacker. Under surface darker 
and better marked than in any other species. Expanse of wings 40 millim. 
Dharmsala; at sugar in July. 
APAMEID.E. 
MAMESTEA, Ochs. 
Mamestra terraiiea. (Plate CXXVII. fig. 10.) 
Nearest to M. hrassicce, having the same general coloration ; smaller, the wings tinted 
with lilac in certain lights; all the lines across the primaries decidedly less irregular; the 
black lines limiting the central belt bordered with pale brown lunules ; the denticles of the 
outer line extending along the veins and spotted with white ; the orbicular spot larger and 
with angular outer edge, the reniform spot terminating in two clear white dots as in most 
examples of M. brassica;, but neither of the discoidal spots pale-bordered ; the submarginal 
line gi'ey instead of white ; the marginal black spots small. Wings below with two parallel 
externo-diseal dark grey lines parallel to the outer border. Expanse of wings 13 millim. 
Dharmsala ; taken at sugar. 
Three examples only were in Mr. Hocking's collection. 
