330 HETEROCERA. 
5. Plusia acema, sp.n. (Tab. XXX. fig. 14.) 
Primaries golden-brown, palest along the costal margin, a wide metallic golden band extending from the base 
along the costal margin to the middle and then crossing the wing to the inner margin, the fringe brown ; 
secondaries pale brown, the fringe greyish; the underside of both wings pale brown, the costal margin of 
the primaries shaded with fawn-colour: head, thorax, and abdomen dark greyish-brown, the anal tuft and 
the antennz and legs yellowish-brown. Expanse 1,1, inch. 
Hab. Mexico, Tierra Colorada in Guerrero 2000 feet (H. H. Smith, Oct. 1888). 
One specimen. A beautiful and very distinct species. 
6. Plusia(?) argyra, sp. n. (Tab. XXX. fig. 15.) 
Primaries pure white, with a slightly metallic wide bronzy band extending from the base along the inner 
margin almost to the anal angle and then crossing to the apex, two fine waved black lines crossing the 
wing on the outer edge of the band from near the apex to the inner margin, and on the inner side of it is _ 
another band crossing to the costal margin and then to the base (the latter enclosing an elongate white 
basal spot), a marginal row of black spots extending from the apex to the anal angle; secondaries silky 
white, with a marginal row of very minute black dots; the fringe of both wings white; the underside 
dusky white: head, collar, and tegule white, the thorax and the greater part of the abdomen pale brown, 
the anus white, the basal segment of the abdomen pink, the underside of the thorax, abdomen, and legs 
white; antennez pale brown, whitish at the base. Expanse 14 inch. 
Hab. Mexico, Presidio (Forrer), Bolafios in Jalisco (Richardson, July 1889). 
This species is referred with some doubt to the genus Plusia. 
7. Plusia biloba. 
Plusia biloba, Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 104; Guén. Sp. gén. des Lép. vi. p. 841, Noct. 
t. 11. f. 10°; Walk. Cat. xii. p. 905°; Grote, List of North-American Moths, p. 34 (1882)°. 
Hab. Nortu America®, Florida! ?.—Mextico, Milpas in Durango 59U0 feet (Forrer), 
Cordova (Liimeli), Atoyac in Vera Cruz (Schumann), Jalapa (MU. Trujillo) —VENEZUELA ; 
Ecuapor?; Brazit; CHILI. 
Guénée’s figure of this species is far too highly coloured. P. biloba was described by 
Stephens from an example supposed to be from Great Britain. 
8. Plusia verruca. 
Noctua verruca, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2, p. 238. 
Plusia verruca, Guén. Sp. gén. des Lép. vi. p. 8342'; Walk. Cat. xii. p. 9067; Herr-Schaff. Corr.- 
Blatt zool.-min. Ver. Regensb. 1868, p. 183 (sep. copy, p. 21)*; Grote, List of North- 
American Moths, p. 84 (1882)*. 
? Phalena Noctua oo, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. p. 45, t. 811. f. F (? E). 
Noctua omega, Hiibn. Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett. ff. 378, 374. 
Autographa omicron, Hibn. Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 251. 
Plusia questionis, Treitschke, Schmett. Europ., Suppl. p. 182. 
Hab. Nortu Amertca!4, United States2—Muxico, Ventanas 2000 feet (Forrer), 
Teapa in Tabasco (H. H. Smith, Jan. 1888); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (T7rétsch, in 
mus. Staudinger), San Feliz (Champion).—CotomBia, Bogota?; VENEZUELA?; Gurana, 
Cayenne!; Brazin}; Antituzs, S. Thomas}, Cuba?. 
