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ani!;ulosa, lunulis marginalibus fuscis intus albido marginatis, alis pos- 

 ticis fusco-cinereis, litura discali lineaque extei-iore fuscis. 

 Female. Cinereous, shining. Head and fore part of the thorax ferru- 

 ginous brown. Palpi hardly ascending ; 2nd joint broad ; 3rd conical, 

 acute, not more than one-sixth of the length of the 2nd. Abdomen 

 not extending beyond the hind wings. Wings rather broad. Fore 

 wings ferruginous brown ; lines whitish, double, interior line forming 

 an outward angle ; middle line oblique, i)roceeding from the costa to 

 the disk, where it is single and abruptly recurved, and rejoins the costa 

 alongside of the interior line ; exterior line undulating ; submarginal 

 line single, zigzag; marginal lunules brown, whitish-bordered on the 

 inner side. Hind wings brownish cinereous, with a brown discal mark 

 and with a brown exterior line, which are most apparent on the under- 

 side. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



321. Plusia inaperta, n. s. Fcem. Fusca, abdomine cinereo alas 

 posticas vix superante, alis anticis cupreo tinctis, lineis tribus nigri- 

 cantibus undulatis valde indistinctis, spatio marginali pallido, punctis 

 submarginalibus nigris, gutta punctoque discalibus albidis, alis posticis 

 albidis fusco latissime marginatis. 



Female. Brown, cinereous beneath. Palpi rising a little higher than 

 the vertex ; 3rd joint lanceolate, much shorter than the 2nd. Abdo- 

 men cinereous, hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Fore wings 

 tinged with cupreous ; three very indistinct undulating blackish lines ; 

 2nd line not apparent hindward ; marginal space paler, including black 

 submarginal points ; discal mark small, whitish, forming a dot and a 

 point. Hind wings whitish, with a very broad brown border; under- 

 side with a brown discal dot. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the 

 wings 14 lines. 



322. Plusia inornata, n. s. Fcem. Cinereo-fusca, abdomine alas 

 posticas non superante, alis anticis vix acutis, lineis cinereis nigrisque 

 denticulatis subobsoletis, costa margineque exteriore perobliquo sub- 

 convexis, alis posticis subtus cinereis lunula discali fusca. 



Female. Cinereous brown, shining, more cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 rising a little higher than the vertex ; 3rd joint lanceolate, about one- 

 third of the length of the 2nd. Abdomen not extending beyond the 

 hind wings. Fore wings hardly acute, with some almost obsolete traces 

 of cinereous and black denticulated lines ; costa and exterior border 

 slightly convex, the latter very. oblique. Hind wings brownish cine- 

 reous ; underside cinereous, with a brown discal lunule. Length of 

 the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



323. Plusia niVeiplaga, n. s. Mas. Ochraceo-fusca, antennis ser- 

 ratis pubescentibus, abdomine alas posticas non superante, alis anticis 

 apice subrotundatis, macula magna oblonga gutta punctoque discalibus 

 niveis rufescente inclusis, alis posticis cinereo-fuscis. 



Male. Ochraceous brown, shining, brownish cinereous beneath. Palpi 



