PLUSIA. 331 
We have only seen four specimens of this species from Central America; the one 
from San Feliz is much darker in colour than either of the others. 
9. Plusia rogationis. 
Plusia rogationis, Guén. Sp. gén. des Lép. vi. p. 344°; Walk. Cat. xii. p. 9067; Herr.-Schaff. 
Corr.-Blatt zool.-min. Ver. Regensb. 1868, p. 183 (sep. copy, p. 21) °. 
Plusia includens, Walk. Cat. xii. p. 914°. 
Plusia hamifera, Walk. Cat. xii. p. 917°. 
Hab. Nortn America !?2,— Mexico, Venta de Zopilote and Tierra Colorada in 
Guerrero 2800 feet, Teapa in Tabasco (H. H. Smith), Coatepec (Brooks), Jalapa (Hége) ; 
GUATEMALA, near the city (Rodriguez), Senahu, San Isidro 1600 feet, Cerro Zunil 4000 
to 5000 feet (Champion); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 3000 feet (Champion ; Ribbe, mus. 
Staudinger ).—CotomBia1?; VENEZUELA®; BrazIL; AMAZONS, Santarem®; ANTILLES, 
San Domingo 4, Cuba’; AvsTRALiA } 2. 
This species is common in our region. 
Mr. Smith’s examples were captured in January, February, and October 1888. 
10. Plusia gamma *, 
Phalena Noctua gamma, Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 127. 
Noctua gamma, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. p. 227; Hiibn. Europ. Schmett. Noct. t. 58. f. 283. 
Autographa gamma, Hiibn. Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 251. 
Plusia gamma, Guén. Sp. gén. des Lép. vi. p. 3487; Walk. Cat. xii. p. 898*; Méschler, Verh. zool.- 
bot. Ges. Wien, xxxiv. p. 295, note’. 
Hab. Norru America } 2,—Mexico, Huahuapan, Puebla (Hedemann*).—Evrore ! 3; 
Centra Asta? ; Sourn AFRICA 2. 
This species, which is one of the most widely distributed and best known of all the 
Noctuide, has been recorded by Méschler from Mexico; but we have not received a 
specimen of it from any part of Central America, and it is inserted here solely on 
Moschler’s authority®. It is not included by Grote in his Check-list of North- 
American Moths. 
11. Plusia ou. 
Plusia ou, Guén. Sp. gén. des Lép. vi. p. 3487; Walk. Cat. xii. p. 9077; Herr.-Schaff. Corr.- 
Blatt zool.-min. Ver. Regensb. 1868, p. 183 (sep. copy, p. 21)°; Grote, List of North-American 
Moths, p. 34 (1882)*, | 
Hab. Norra America!4, East Florida 2.—Mexico, Cuernavaca in Morelos (H. H. 
Smith), Atoyac in Vera Cruz (Schumann), Cuesta de Misantla (Mf. Trujillo), Orizaba 
(F. D. G., H. H. Smith), Mexico city, Jalapa (Hége); GuatemaLa, Cerro Zunil 4000 
to 5000 feet (Champion) ; Costa Rica, Rio Sucio (Rogers) ; Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 
(Trotsch, in mus, Staudinger).—VENEZUELA 2; ANTILLES, Cuba. 
* For full synonymy see Walker’s Catalogue (op. cit.), 
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