June, 1898.] 
Schaus: New Species of Noctuid^e. 
Ill 
Mamestra janeira, sp. nov. 
Body dull brown. Primaries reddish brown, darker along the costa and outer 
margin ; the lines fine, black, basal line geminate, angular ; antemedial line geminate, 
wavy ; postmedial line crenulate, followed by points on the veins; subterminal line 
punctiform outwardly shaded with yellowish brown ; orbicular large, dark, finely 
outlined in black and fusing with the darker costal margin ; reniform light reddish 
brown, partly outlined in black, with a minute white spot in its lower portion ; a dark 
median shade curved, and connected to the lower portion of the reniform by a dark 
line. Secondaries dull brown ; underneath paler with a postmedial dark wavy line 
and a large black discal spot on the secondaries. Expanse, 35 mm. 
Habitat: Rio Janeiro. 
Mamestra trocas, sp. nov. 
Head and thorax light dull brown; abdomen paler. Primaries light brown, lines 
darker, very fine and indistinct; the basal and antemedial lines wavy and slightly 
curved ; a dark median shade angled below the reniform ; the postmedial geminate, 
widely apart, broken, almost punctiform; a subterminal row of small black spots,' 
outwardly shaded with white towards the apex ; a yellowish white spot at the inner 
angle ; the spots faintly outlined in black, the reniform containing a few yellowish 
scales. Secondaries light smoky brown. Expanse, 33 mm. 
Habitat: Castro, Parana. 
This species is closely allied to M. dotata Druce. 
Mamestra baruna, sp. nov. 
$. Antennae pectinated, yellow. Head and thorax reddish brown ; abdomen 
grayish brown ; anal hairs rufous. Primaries dark reddish brown, the lines indistinct; 
the antemedial outwardly curved between the veins ; a postmedial and a subterminal 
row of black points ; the costal margin and fringe reddish; the orbicular minute, 
circled with white ; the reniform large quadrate, whitish gray. Secondaries pale yel¬ 
lowish with an indistinct marginal shade. Expanse, 40 mm. 
Habitat: Castro, Parana. 
The $ has the primaries rich reddish brown, the veins somewhat 
darker; the spots as in the $. Secondaries brownish black with red¬ 
dish fringe. 
Mamestra subpicta, sp. nov. 
Body dark gray ; abdomen rufous beneath. Primaries above dark blackish gray, 
the lines black and indistinct; some mottling from the base to the antemedial line, and 
the space between the postmedial and subterminal lines, light brown ; a terminal row 
of black points and some brownish spots on the fringe ; orbicular small, reniform, 
large, both light brown circled with black. Secondaries very dark brown, the fringe 
whitish. Underneath the primaries light rufous along the costa and subterminal 
space ; the cell and apical half of outer margin black ; a wavy black postmedial line. 
Secondaries below whitish, thickly mottled with reddish, scales towards the apex ; a 
