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moth " would be far more appropriate to this character than any 

 other. 



Plitsia limhirena. 



Phisia limhirena, Guenee, Noct. ii. p. 350, n. 1179 (1<S52). 



Plasia coiifusa, Moore, Descr. Ind. Lep. Atk. ii. p. 149 (1882). 



Delagoa Bay, S. Africa, Madagascar, St. Helena, Aden, 

 Nilgiris. In Coll. B. M. 



There is absolutely no difference between African and Indian 

 examples of this species. 



Plusia eriosoma. 



Plusia eriosoma, Doubleday, Dieff. New Zeal. i. p. 285, n. 114 

 (1843). 



Plusia verticillata, Guenee, Noct. ii. p. 344, n. 1108 (1852). 



Plusia rogatioiiis, Guenee, I.e., n. 1169 (1852). 



Plusia includens, Walker, Lep. Het. xii. p. 914, n. 59 (1857). 



Plusia hamifera, Walker, /. c, p. 917, n. 64 (1857). 



Plusia acuta, Walker, I.e., p. 922, n. 75 (1857). 



Plusia adjuncta, Walker, /. c, Suppl. iii. p. 840 (1865). 



Plusia dyaus, Grote (see Check-List, p. 34, n. 856). 



Plusia chrysosema, Zeller in coll. (ined. ?). 



Java, Borneo, Ceylon, Japan, Formosa, China, Nilgiris, 

 Dhamsala, Karachi, Silhet, Moulmein, Philippines, Port Darwin, 

 Sidney, New Zealand, Tonga, Eimeo Isl., Oahu, Hawaii, United 

 States, Caraccas, Venezuela, St. Domingo, Santarem, Sao Paulo, 

 Pdo Janeiro, Wadelai, Congo, Port Natal. 



Although slightly variable in tint and the prominence of 

 golden cupreous gloss on the wings, the species really shows 

 such trivial modifications that its synonymy is astonishing. 



Plusia ou. 



Plusia ou, Guenee, Noct. ii. p. 348, n. 1176 (1852). 



Plusia fratclla, Grote (see Check-List, p. 34, n. 864). 



United States. In Coll. B. M. 



Grote's type is only a dwarfed specimen of the male, and 

 differs hardly at all from the distorted example selected by 

 Guenee as the type of his P. ou. 



Plusia californica. 



Plusia californica, Speyer (see Grote's Check-List, p. 34, n. 862). 



The bulk of the species so labelled in the Museum are from 

 California ; two from Vancouver, and one from Hudson's Bay ; 

 these are identical with Grote's P. pscudogamma. 



The species labelled by Grote as P. gamma var. californica^ 

 Speyer, differs in no respect from the European species : his 

 example is from Vancouver, and one in the Museum is from the 

 Eocky Mountains. 



Surely the Californian form must be the one named by 

 Speyer ; in which case Grote's insect is synonymous, but I very 



