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strongly angulated. The stigmata small, narrow, but little lighter 
than the groundcolor; the orbicular oblong oval, the boundary line 
black ; the reniform oblique, less clearly defined, a longitudinal black 
line connecting the two. Subterminal line and transverse shade ob¬ 
solete ; a row of black round points. Hind wings smoky, the rims 
and outer border a little darker. Head dark brown, prothorax a little 
lighter shade of the same color; thorax the color of the fore wings, 
tinged a little with brown; abdomen dark ash gray. 
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Mamestra subjuncta, G. and R.—The Subjoined Mamestra. 
The larva is the Speckled Cut-worm. In his first report Prof. Riley 
states that he had at two different times found the larva of this spe¬ 
cies in gardens about St. Louis hiding under cabbages, and that he 
also received the same species from Mr. A. Bolter, of Chicago, who' 
found it in Wisconsin. According to his description the caterpillar 
is chiefly known by being speckled, as with pepper and salt, when 
viewed with a pocket lens; the ground color flesh gray, with a tinge 
of rust in the middle of each segment. The moth has the fore wings 
dark gray, the usual spots large and distinct, and two reddish spots on 
each wing, one at the base, on the front half, and the other beyond 
the reniform, sometimes shading into that spot. The hind wings are- 
smoky. 
Spec. Char. Larva .—Average length, 1.60 inches. Color, carneous 
gray, inclining to ferrruginous in the middle of each segment.. 
Minutely speckled as with pepper and salt. A lateral stigmatal 
stripe, somewhat lighter than the rest of the body. An interrupted 
dorsal and subdorsal white line, these lines beingquite distinct on the 
posterior half and indistinct on the anterior half of each segment. 
Two distinct spots, anteriorly, on the dorsum of each segment; the 
other spots obsolete. Head, light shiny brown, with two outwardly, 
diverging, darker marks. Segment 1, with the three longitudinal 
white lines and a white anterior edge, shaded on the inside with dark 
brown. Anal segment, with a white transverse line, somewhat in the 
shape of a drawn-out W, and a deep shade above it. Venter, glau¬ 
cous. Legs of the same color.—Riley. 
Moth .—Expanse of wings, 1.60 inches. Ground color of fore wings 
dark gray, tinged slightly wfith brown in some places, and two dis¬ 
tinct, reddish brown spots, one at the base of the wing, anterior part, 
including in its middle part the basal line ; the other be} T ond the reni¬ 
form, including a portion of that spot and reaching to the subtermin¬ 
al line. T. a. and t. p. lines double, the first arcuated below the 
orbicular, the second strongly bent outward beyond the reniform: 
subterminal line light, forming an M in the middle, the points reach¬ 
ing the outer margin of the wing. Orbicular and reniform a little 
lighter than groundcolor, edged with black, the reniform with a dark 
annulation. From the base a medium black line reaches nearly to 
the t. a. line; another from the claviform reaches to the t. p. line 
subterminal span rather light. Hind wings smoky, dark outer bor¬ 
der. Head and thorax concolorous, with fore wings, a black trans- 
