﻿50 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  Schaus 
  on 
  

  

  segment 
  buff. 
  Head 
  mottled 
  grey 
  and 
  brown. 
  Collar 
  light 
  

   brown 
  in 
  front, 
  then 
  a 
  black-brown 
  transverse 
  line, 
  and 
  

   whitish 
  behind. 
  Thorax 
  whitish 
  grey; 
  some 
  fine 
  transverse 
  

   black 
  lines 
  posteriorly. 
  Abdomen 
  brown-grey 
  ; 
  the 
  sub- 
  

   dorsal 
  tufts 
  mottled 
  grey 
  and 
  whitish. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  silky 
  

   grey, 
  shaded 
  with 
  light 
  brown, 
  especially 
  on 
  outer 
  margin 
  ; 
  

   a 
  black 
  basal 
  line 
  ; 
  an 
  antemedial 
  and 
  a 
  medial 
  black 
  line, 
  

   connected 
  by 
  a 
  dark 
  streak 
  on 
  fold 
  below 
  cell 
  ; 
  a 
  darker 
  grey 
  

   shade 
  in 
  cell 
  and 
  on 
  costa 
  before 
  antemedial 
  ; 
  the 
  medial 
  

   space 
  shaded 
  with 
  brown 
  ; 
  the 
  medial 
  line 
  inwardly 
  geminate 
  

   on 
  costa 
  and 
  cell, 
  preceded 
  and 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  duller 
  brown 
  

   spot 
  ; 
  the 
  postmedial 
  space 
  broadly 
  whitish 
  above 
  vein 
  4, 
  

   crossed 
  by 
  a 
  fine 
  brown 
  line 
  shaded 
  with 
  white 
  below 
  vein 
  3 
  

   to 
  inner 
  margin 
  ; 
  a 
  subterminal 
  dark 
  shade 
  oblique 
  from 
  

   costa 
  to 
  vein 
  6, 
  then 
  inset 
  and 
  paler 
  to 
  vein 
  2, 
  below 
  which 
  

   it 
  is 
  again 
  darker 
  ; 
  dark 
  terminal 
  streaks 
  on 
  veins 
  and 
  a 
  

   terminal 
  blackish 
  line 
  intercepted 
  by 
  veins; 
  fringe 
  grey- 
  

   white. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  fuscous 
  grey, 
  the 
  veins 
  darker 
  ; 
  a 
  

   terminal 
  dark 
  line. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  39 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Juan 
  Vinas. 
  

  

  The 
  female 
  is 
  more 
  uniformly 
  grey, 
  the 
  orbicular 
  better 
  

   defined. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  44 
  mm. 
  

  

  Plusia 
  limata, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Head, 
  eollar, 
  and 
  thorax 
  olivaceous 
  brown, 
  the 
  collar 
  and 
  

   patagia 
  tipped 
  with 
  lilacine. 
  Abdomen 
  buff-grey, 
  darker 
  

   subdorsal 
  tufts 
  at 
  base. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  lilacine, 
  thinly 
  irrorated 
  

   with 
  olive-brown, 
  and 
  with 
  similar 
  shadings 
  at 
  base 
  and 
  on 
  

   costa 
  ; 
  the 
  medial 
  space, 
  below 
  cell 
  and 
  silver 
  mark, 
  metallic 
  

   brown 
  ; 
  a 
  lilacine 
  basal 
  line 
  ; 
  the 
  antemedial 
  fine, 
  brown, 
  

   outwardly 
  edged 
  with 
  lilacine, 
  and 
  white 
  below 
  cell 
  ; 
  orbicu- 
  

   lar 
  annular, 
  finely 
  edged 
  with 
  olive-brown 
  and 
  anteriorly 
  

   irrorated 
  with 
  brown 
  ; 
  the 
  reniform 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  dark 
  

   shade, 
  inwardly 
  limited 
  by 
  a 
  lilacine 
  line 
  edged 
  with 
  brown, 
  

   and 
  outwardly 
  containing 
  an 
  indistinct 
  curved 
  silvery 
  line; 
  

   below 
  cell 
  and 
  orbicular 
  a 
  silvery 
  line 
  along 
  vein 
  2, 
  abruptly 
  

   bent 
  back 
  and 
  curving 
  to 
  median, 
  the 
  sharp 
  point 
  thus 
  pro- 
  

   duced 
  filled 
  with 
  silver, 
  and 
  leaving 
  a 
  small 
  triangular 
  lila- 
  

   cine 
  space 
  between 
  vein 
  2 
  and 
  median 
  ; 
  the 
  postmedial 
  fine, 
  

   dark 
  brown, 
  slightly 
  incurved 
  below 
  vein 
  5 
  and 
  outwardly 
  

   shaded 
  with 
  clear 
  lilacine 
  ; 
  a 
  broad 
  subterminal 
  bronze 
  shade 
  

   outwardly 
  limited 
  from 
  above 
  vein 
  3 
  to 
  apex 
  by 
  a 
  straight 
  

  

  