72 ME. F. WALKEE ON HETEEOCEEOUS LEPIDOPTEEA 



not rising so high as the vertex ; 3rd joint conical, less than one-fourth 

 of the length of the 2ncl. Autennx stout, serrated, pubescent. Ab- 

 domen not extending beyond the hind wings. Fore wings slightly 

 rounded at the tips, with a large oblong bright white discal spot, which 

 is connected in front with a white dot, and has a white point near its 

 inner side ; space about the spot mostly red. Hind wings cinereous 

 brown. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



324. Plusia DETEGENS,n. s. Mas. Rufescenti-cinerea, antennis sub- 

 setulosis, femoribus tibiisque flmbriatis, alis anticis latiusculis, striga 

 lata basali fasciisque duabus exterioribus diffusis mfescentibus ex 

 parte nigro n:arginatis, linea intermedia cinerea undulata fusco mar- 

 ginata, litura reniformi cinerea obliqua nigro et I'ufescente marginata, 

 alis posticis cinereo-fuscis fimbria testacea. 



Male. Dark cinereous, with a reddish tinge. Palpi rising a little higher 

 than the vertex; 2nd joint fringed; 3vd lanceolate, less than half the 

 length of the 2nd. Antennte stout, very minutely setidose. Femora 

 and tibiae thickly fringed. Wings rather broad, with black marginal 

 lunules. Fore wings with reddish partly black-bordered marks, which 

 consist of a broad streak proceeding from the base and two exterior 

 diffuse bands ; a cinereous intermediate undulating brown-bordered 

 line ; reniform mark cinereous, oblique, bordered with black and red- 

 dish. Hind wings cinereous brown, with a testaceous fringe. Length 

 of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



325. Plusia invicta, n. s. Fcem. Cervina, abdomine cinereo alas 

 posticas vix superante, tibiis pilosis, alis anticis acutis, linea exteriore 

 obscuriore recta obliqua, litura reniformi cinerea elongata coarctata, 

 costa margineque exteriore subconvexis, alis posticis cinereo-fuscis. 



Female. Fawn-colour, shining, cinereous beneath. Palpi slender, 

 rising a little higher than the vertex ; 3rd joint elongate-conical, a 

 little more than one-fourth of the length of the 2nd. Abdomen 

 cinereous, hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Tibise pilose. 

 Fore wings acute ; lines almost obsolete, except the exterior one, which 

 is straight, oblique, and a little darker than the ground-hue ; reniform 

 mark cinereous, elongate, much straitened in the middle ; costa and 

 exterior border slightly convex, the latter very oblique. Hind wings 

 cinereous brown. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



326. Plusia? albosignata, n. s. Mas. Cervina, antennis subsctu- 

 losis, ahs anticis vix acutis, lineis duabus rectis obliquis parallelis pal- 

 lidis, Imea 3* exteriore angulosa indistincta, striga discali alba, punctis 

 marginalibus nigris, alis posticis fusco-cinereis. 



Male. Fawn-colour, cinereous beneath. Antennae very minutely setu- 

 lose. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings hardly acute, with two 

 pale straight oblique parallel dark-bordered lines ; 3rd line exterior, 

 zigzag, indistinct, nearly parallel to the others ; a short white discal 

 streak adjoining the 2nd line; marginal points black. Hind wings 



