Ochsenheimer's Genera of the Lepidoptera of Europe. 287 

 Species. Icon. 



e.Cnc.Argentina, Fab Hlib.Noct.tab.119. f. 553. (foem.) 



T.—Lactea, Fab Hiib. Noct. tab. 95. f. 448.(Inas.)■ 

 8.— Tanac^i!/, Fab Ernst, VI. pi. ccxlvii. f. 366. 



9.—Dracunaili, Hiib HUb. Noct. tab. 127. f. 586.(mas.) 



10.— Umbratica, Linn Ernst, VI.pl. ccxlviii.f.369.a— d. 



11.— Lactticce, Fab Ernst, VI. pi. ccxlviii. f. 368. 



12.— Chamomillce, Fab Hiib. Noct. tab. 54. f. 261. (mas.) 



IS.—Chrysanthemi, HUb. ...HUb. Noct. tab. 149. f. 686. (foem.) 



687. (mas.) 



14..— Lucifiga, Hub HUb. Noct. tab. 54. f. 262. (mas.) 



15.—Asteris, Fab Ernst, VI. pi. ccxlvi. f. 364. a. b. 



Curtis, Brit. Ent. vol. i. pi. 45. 

 Imago et Larva. 

 16. — T7iapsiphaga,Tre\tsch.* — — — 



17.— Blattarice, Esper Esper. Schm. IV. Th. tab. cliv. 



Noct. 75. f. 4. 



IS.—Verbasci, Linn Ernst, VLpl.ccxlvi.f.364.a-d.g.h. 



\9,—Scrop/mlarice, HUb Ernst, VI. pi. ccxlvi. f. 363. 



Genus 76. PLUSIA, Ochs., Treitsch. 



(Latreille, Duponchel, Stephens.) 



PLUSiiE, Hubner. 



Wings^ deflexed, superior and posterior angles of the upper, 

 very acute and somewhat curved. — Aritennce filiform in 

 both sexes. — Palpi curved upwards above the head, but 

 very little surpassing it. — Thorax with two tufts of hair at 

 the base. — Abdomen, crested with tufts of hair on the first 

 three or four segments. — Larva with 12 feet, the body 

 sprinkled with a few hairs, the head small and the three 

 first segments more slender than the rest. — Pujm with the 

 case inclosing the maxillae, feet and wings elongated into a 

 sheath adhering to the abdomen t. 



0^*5. Most of the species of this genus are remarkable for the 

 metallic splendour of their superior wings Jj which reflect a 

 golden or silvery brilliancy, sometimes from larger or smaller 

 bands or plates, sometimes from slender lines or small spots 

 more or less resembling letters or accents. 



Trcitschke has divided this genus into five families, according 

 to the markings of the superior wings. Duponchel has 

 adopted four divisions of it, on similar grounds, as follows : 



• Cue. alis aiuicis medio ex albido cincrcis, maiginibus fusccsccntibus, 

 scric (liiplici piiiictorum iiif^roruiii. — 0(7/4. Trcilscli. v. jmrs iii. p. IvJO. 

 + Characters chiefly from Duponchel, Ijcp. dc France, toin. vii. />(7;'< ii. p. 5. 

 4: ilcncc the iinriic of the genus, from T>>oi/a<oi; (dives.) 



1st Di- 



