332 HETEROCERA. 
This species is common in Mexico, but becomes rarer southwards. From the State 
of Panama we have only seen a single specimen. 
Mr. Smith’s examples were captured in the months of June and December. 
12. Plusia parallela. 
Plusia parallela, Walk. Cat. xii. p. 918°. 
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hége), Teapa in Tabasco (H. H. Smith, Feb. 1888); Panama, 
Volcan de Chiriqui 3000 to 4000 feet (Champion).— VENEZUELA 1. 
Central-American specimens agree perfectly with Walker’s type in the National 
Collection. 
13. Plusia basigera. 
Plusia basigera, Walk. Cat. xxxiii. p. 836". 
Hab. NortH America }.—MeExico, near the city (Hége). 
We have received one specimen of this species from Mexico; it is identical with 
Walker’s type in the National Collection. P. basigera is omitted from Grote’s Check- 
list of North-American Moths. 
14. Plusia egena. 
Plusia egena, Guén. Sp. gén. des Lép. vi. p. 328°; Walk. Cat. xii. p. 914”. 
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hége), Coatepec (Brooks); GuatEMALA, Cerro Zunil 4000 feet 
(Champion); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Ribbe, in mus. Staudinger).—CoLomBia }, 
Bogota?; VENEZUELA?; Braziu}, Rio Janeiro?; AntiLLEs, San Domingo 2. 
Specimens of this species from Rio Janeiro are rather duller in colour than those 
from Central America. 
15. Plusia abeona, sp.n. (Tab. XXX. fig. 16.) 
Primaries pale brown, crossed from the apex to the inner margin near the anal angle by a pale whitish-brown 
line, with a pale line near the base crossing from the inner to near the costal margin, but not 
reaching it, and a large copper-coloured patch extending from the apex along the outer margin to near 
the anal angle, the fringe brown ; secondaries pale brown, almost whitish-hyaline at the base, the fringe 
pale greyish-brown : head, thorax, and abdomen pale brown, the antenne and legs pale brown. Expanse 
12 inch. 
Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 2000 to 3000 feet (Champion).—Cusa, San Cristo- 
bal (Boucard, mus. D.). 
It is possible that this may be the same species as P. egenella, Herr.-Schaff. ; but as 
it does not agree with the description, I have thought it better to describe it. 
16. Plusia longicornis, sp. n. (Tab. XXX. fig. 17.) 
Primaries dark silky brown, shaded with darker brown, crossed beyond the middle from the costal to the 
inner margin by a waved dark brown line, on the outer side of which is a dark band extending from the 
apex to the inner margin close to the anal angle, a dark brown patch about the middle nearest the inner 
