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190 Mr. A. G. Butler s Descriptions of new 
73. Erastria fentoni, nu. 8. 
Pale bronze-brown ; wings shining ; primaries crossed 
just beyond the middle by an irregular transverse white 
stripe, immediately followed by a bright ochreous band 
which encloses a semicircular black-edged snow-white 
spot at the inferior extremity of the cell; costal border 
towards apex creamy yellowish ; a slightly sinuous sub- 
marginal stripe, white on the costal border, otherwise 
whity brown; head and collar yellowish ; under surface 
whity brown ; wings shining; primaries with the basal 
half grey; secondaries irrorated with grey scales; 
expanse of wings, 1 inch 1 line. 
Tokei (Fenton). 
ANTHOPHILIDA. 
74. Acantholipes metalligera, n. 8. 
Flesh-coloured, densely irrorated with dark leaden 
grey, which is metallic along the costal border; the 
veins clear, not irrorated with grey; a zigzag sub- 
marginal white line bounding a series of oval shining 
plumbageous spots, between which the veins are rust-red ; 
a marginal series of black dots followed by a white line ; 
fringe brown, traversed by two lines of black atoms ; 
primaries crossed by two white lines representing the 
limits of the central belt ; secondaries crossed beyond 
the middle by a single white line; antenne dull sordid 
white ; under surface of wings silvery grey, a spot at the 
end of each cell, a discal line, and the fringe dusky ; in- 
ternal borders white, shining ; body below whity brown ; 
expanse of wings, 9} lines. 
Tokei (Fenton). 
Not nearly allied to any species with which I am 
acquainted. 
PLUSIIDA. 
75. Plusia metabractea, n. s. 
Nearly allied to P. bractea of Europe, from which it 
chiefly differs in the smaller oblique metallic tin-like 
spot on the primaries, the form of which is like a bent 
human thumb, truncated at the base, and with the joint 
turned towards the inner margin; in P. bractea it is 
altogether shorter, broader, and more quadrate; the 
secondaries also have a much narrower and diffused 
