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costa, where it contains a ferruginous point ; 2n(i band macular, sub- 

 marginal ; exterior border with an ochraceous festoon ; underside 

 mostly reddish, with brown submarginal points. Hind wings reddish ; 

 underside white, with four reddish lines and with an interior floccose 

 discal tuft. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



318. Plusia stipata, n. s. Foem. Cinerea, palpis nigricantibus, ab- 

 domine subcristato, alis anticis ex atomis nigris undulato-lineatis, lineis 

 tribus albidis, 1" 3*que costam versus retractis, 3^ duplicata postice 

 obsoleta, lunulis marginalibus nigris intus albo marginatis, macula 

 costali basali alba, alis posticis fuscescenti-cinereis subhyalinis fusco 

 late marginatis. 



Female. Cinereous. Palpi compressed, obliquely ascending, mostly 

 blackish ; 3rd joint lanceolate, less than half the length of the 2nd. 

 Abdomen very slightly crested. Fore wings with some irregular trans- 

 verse more or less undulating lines of black speckles ; three irregular 

 whitish shining lines; 1st line acutely retracted towards the costa, 

 where it is approximate to the 2nd line ; 3rd line obsolete hindward, 

 irregularly double, acutely angular and very much recurved towards 

 the costa ; marginal lunules black, elongated, bordered with white on 

 the inner side ; a white costal spot near the base. Hind wings brownish 

 cinereous, very slightly hyaline, with a broad brown border. Length 

 of the body 4^ lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



319. Plusia pallida, n. s. Mas. Cinerea, palpis fuscis, thorace fas- 

 cia fusca, abdoraine alas posticas superante, alis anticis nigro con- 

 spersis purpurascente tinctis, striga obliqua fasciaque lata fuscis, hac 

 strigam albam anticam includente, disco postico cinereo, striga apud 

 marginem interiorem alba obliqua ochraceo notata, lunulis margina- 

 libus nigris intus albo marginatis. 

 Male. Cinereous. Palpi brown ; 3rd joint conical, not more than one- 

 sixth of the length of the 2nd. Antennae smooth. Abdomen extend- 

 ing beyond the hind wings. Thorax with a brown band and with 

 brown sides. Fore wings black-speckled, purplish-tinged, with a brown 

 streak which is dilated from the middle of the base to the interior 

 border, and with a broad brown band which has a cinereous disk hind- 

 ward and in front contains a white streak ; the latter extends to the 

 exterior border and emits an angular white line to the costa ; an oblique 

 white ochraceous-marked streak along the basal part of the interior 

 border; marginal lunules black, bordered with white on the inner 

 side. Wings beneath with a very broad brown border and with a 

 brown discal spot. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 17 

 lines. 



320. Plusia duplicilinea, n. s. Fam. Cinerea, capita thoraceque 

 antico ferrugineo-fuscis, alis anticis latiusculis ferrugineo-fuscis, lineis 

 albidis duj)licatis, 1" angulata, 2" recurrente, 3" undulata, 4* simplici 



