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Valeria oleag'ina. From A. Harrison. 



Pencils absent. 

 Harpe rounded, without corona ; clasper a straight arm, 

 slightly flattened ; clavus produced, spinose ; uncus wider 

 in the centre ; vesica with five cornuti, and a large and 

 small scobinated process, the latter crested. There is 

 little doubt these two latter species belong to the same 

 genus. 



Heliothis marg'inata ; umbra. 



Harpe parallel, rounded at the apex; the cucullus, which 

 is undivided, bends inwards, and is thickl}- studded with 

 four or five rows of spines ; just below the centre of the 

 harpe is a short straight clasper, little more than a 

 papilla ; uncus slender ; the vesica has a long and a short 

 bulbed cornutus. 



Peltig-era. From Eustace Bankes. Pencils absent. 



Harpes widened above, with a long double corona ; clasper 

 absent ; uncus simple ; the vesica has a long band of 

 ridges, like a spiral wire spring in appearance. 



Armig'epa. I'encils absent. 



Harpes wide, parallel, and rounded above, with a double 

 corona, the margin being thickly clothed with beautiful 

 broad scales ; uncus slender ; vesica with a long band of 

 cornuti gaining in strength towards the tip. 



Dipsacea. Pencils absent. 



Harpe widens above, with double corona, clasper absent ; 

 uncus with scaphium, very long, slightly broader at the 

 tip which is rounded, nnd curved outwards terminating in 

 a hook ; vesica has a long band of ridges, like a spiral wire 

 spring, similar to peUigera. 



The Plusias all bear a strong family likeness. With 

 the exception of iiioneta, which has none, the remainder 

 of the genus have a pair of long hair pencils arising from 

 the 8th segment. All species without corona. 



Plusia chpysitis. 



The harpe narrows to a sharp ])oint, outer edge angulated, 

 each projection terminating with a marginal spine ; clasper 



