40 CHARACTERS OF U.NDESCRIBED 



67. PLUSIA MODESTA. Mas. Cervina, palpis fuscescentibus 

 erectis verticem superantibus articulo 4o fimbriato 3o lineari, antennis 

 subpubescentibus, abdoniine cinereo supra lanuginoso alas posticas 

 sat superante, alis auticis ex parte subpurpurascentibus apud 

 marginem exteiioreru subauratis macula discoidali argenteo-alba 

 obliqua elliptica lineolam antieam euiittente linea submarginali 

 angulosa, alis posticis pallide cerviuis basi cinereis. 



Male. Fawn-colour, cinereous beneath. Palpi brownish, slender, 

 squamous, erect, rising higher than the vertex ; second joint fringed 

 in front ; third linear, shorter than the second. Antennae very 

 minutely pubescent. Abdomen cinereous, woolly above, extending 

 rather beyond the hind wings.; apical tuft small, slightly compressed. 

 Legs slender ; femora and tibiae smooth. Fore wings partly and 

 slightly purplish tinged, slightly gilded towards the exterior border ; 

 an oblique elliptical silvery white spot in the disk emitting a silvery 

 line towards the costa ; a submargiual zigzag line of the ground hue. 

 Hind wings pale fawn-colour, cinereous towards the base. Length 

 of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



Much allied to P. angulum, but the apical part of the silvery mark 

 in the fore wings is much broader and less acute. 



Peru. 



68. PLUSIA INCOMPTA. Firm. Cervina, dense pilosa, palpis 

 oblique ascendentibus verticem superantibus articulo 2o dense 

 fimbriato 3o lineari, abdomine alas posticas superante, pedibus 

 ihnbiiatis, alis anticis linea cinerea postmedia obliqua apud costam 

 subundulata postice acute anguhita linea exteriore cinerea angulosa 

 orbicular! et reniformi cinereo marginatis la rnagna obliqua elliptica 

 limulis submargiualibus et punctis murgiiialibus cinereis, alis posticis 

 pallide cinereis aeueo marginatis. 



Female. Fawn-colour, cinereous with a tinge of fawn-colour 

 beneath. Body densely pilose. Palpi obliquely ascending, rising 

 higher than the vertex ; second joint thickly fringed ; third linear, 

 slender, much more than half the length of the second. Abdomen 

 extending somewhat beyond the hind wings. Legs slender ; femora 

 and tibia3 fringed; spurs long and slender. Fore wings with an 

 oblique postmedial cinereous line which is slightly undulating towards 

 the costa and forms an acute and deep inward angle near the interior 

 border ; a more exterior zigzag cinereous line ; submarginal luimles 

 and marginal points cinereous; orbicular and reniform marks 

 cinereous-bordered ; the former large, oblique, elliptical ; the latter 

 of the usual form. Hind wings pale cinereous, reneous towards the 

 exterior border. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 1 7 lines. 



