Febraiiry iSg^.] 



PSYCHE. 



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in mv collection. In worn specimens the 

 metallic spot on the margin of the primaries 

 does not appear. 



PlusioCalpe, gen. nov. 



Allied to Plusia, but having the posterior 

 margin of the primaries fashioned somewhat 

 after the outline of the genus Calpe, being 

 strongly produced about the middle, and with 

 a greatl_y produced tuft of long hairs at the 

 outer angle. The palpi are as in Plusia. 

 The antennae of the male are provided with 

 exceedingly minute setae at the base, visible 

 only under the microscope. The antennae of 

 the female are simple. The male abdomen is 

 produced beyond the inner margin for about 

 one-third of its length. The abdomen of the 

 female is shorter and scarcely projects. The 

 characteristics of the neuration are accurately 

 given in the accompanying cut. The legs 

 are much shorter than in the preceding 

 genus, Symplusia, and the last pair are 

 armed as in that genus with double median 

 and double terminal spurs on the tibiae. 

 Type P. pallida, Holland. 



Neuration of P. piillida, Holl., <S ^\- 



13. P. fialh'da, sp. nov. $. Antennae 

 testaceous ; palpi pale ochraceous ; collar 

 fuscous, edged with whitish ; upper side of 



thorax and abdomen pale gray, lower side 

 slightly tinged with ochraceous. Primaries 

 on the upper side whitish, shining, clouded 

 with gray on the outer margin, and with a 

 dark gray subquadrate mark on the inner 

 margin about its middle. There are also 

 obscure transverse median and transverse 

 limbal lines and a few dark scales sprinkled 

 upon the wing. In flown specimens all the 

 darker markings of the wing are pretty 

 nearly obliterated. The secondaries on the 

 upper side are pale fuscous, with the costa 

 whitish, shining. The fringes are concolor- 

 ous. On the under side the primaries are 

 fuscous, except on the costa, which from a 

 little before the base to the apex is margined 

 with pale ochraceous, the color band widen- 

 ing uniformly to the apex. The inner mar- 

 gin is whitish, shining. The fuscous ground 

 tint is deepest near the costa at the end of 

 the cell. The secondaries are uniformly 

 very pale grav. or whitish. ^ . The female 

 is marked like the male, and is simply dis- 

 tinguished by having a shorter abdomen. 

 Expanse, $, 20 to 25 mm.; $ , 23 to 25 mm. 



14. P. /rosficta, sp. nov. J. Palpi dark 

 rufous; eyes black; head, collar and upper 

 side of thorax and abdomen pale gray ; 

 lower side of thorax and abdomen whitish. 

 Primaries on the upper side pale gray trav- 

 ersed by a diagonal line running from the 

 costa before the apex outwardly, and then 

 turning sharply and running diagonally 

 inwardly to the middle of the hind margin, 

 becoming darker and more distinct as it ap- 

 proaches the inner margin. There is also 

 a conspicuous subtriangular dark spot on 

 the costa above the end of the cell. The 

 secondaries are uniformly pale fuscous on 

 the upper side with the fringes paler. On 

 the under side the wings are marked very 

 much as in the preceding species. 



$ . The female differs from the male 

 merely in the possession of a shorter and 

 more robust abdomen. Expanse, .J, from 

 25 to zS mm. ; $ , 2S to 30 mm. 



