PHTTOMETRA. 545 



8378. Phytometra Jessica. 



Plusia Jessica, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 201 (1878); id. 111. Het. B.ll. 



iii. p. 22, pi. 46. f. 6; Rinpsn. Mollis Iiul. ii. p. .568. 

 Plusia serena, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) iv. p. 308 (1879). 



Head and thorax red-broAvn mixed with srrev; tar.si rinsjed with 

 wlute ; abdomen pale red-brown, the cre.sts deep red-brown. Fore 

 wing pm-plish grey suffused with red-brown and iiTorated witii 

 blaclvish, the medial area -with a patch of deep chocolate-brown 

 below the cell ; subbasal line represented by silvery striae from costa 

 and cell defined on each side by black below the costa and on lower 

 side below the cell ; antemedial line silvery defined on each side by 

 chocolate-brown, angled outwards below costa, incm-ved in cell, then 

 oblique and sinuous, a black mark before it at inner margin ; 

 orbicular small, narrow and oblique, chocolate-brown with silvery 

 outline ; an oblique silver Y-shaped stigma below the cell, its tail 

 somewhat dilated at extremity ; reniform %%4th slight silvery out- 

 line, strongly constricted at middle and with slight black marks in 

 its four extremities ; postmedial line double, chocolate-brown filled 

 in with silvery, bent outwards below costa, then oblique and 

 minutely waved, slightly below submedian fold, some white points 

 beyond it on costa ; subterminal line black-bro\vn defined on inner 

 side by chocolate-brown suffusion, excurved below veins 7, -t, 8 ; a 

 waved chocolate-l)rown shade bcA'ond it from apex to vein 2 ; a 

 terminal series of slight blackish lunules. Hind vnnQ, ochreous 

 suffused with cupreous red-brown, the terminal area rather darker ; 

 traces of a postmedial line between veins 5 and 2 ; cilia with a fine 

 pale line at base; the underside rather paler with indistinct 

 postmedial line. 



Hah. Japan-, Tokio (Maries), 1 $ , Yokohama (Jonas, Pri/er), 

 2 (5 , 4 2 , type and type serena ; Pl'>mab, Simla (HarforJ), 1 S , 

 1 2, Dalhousie (Haiford), 1 5 ; Assam (Baclgley), 1 J. Exp. 

 30-34 miUim. 



8379. Ph3rtometra hella. 



Thisia he'iJn, Clirist. Stett. Ent. Zeit. xlviii. p. 164 (1887); id. Eom. Mein. 

 V. p. 36, pi. 2. f. 7 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 239. 



Head and thorax white mixed with pale brown ; abdomen white 

 suffused with brown. Fore wing white suffused in parts with pale 

 red-brown and slightly irrorated with brown, the medial area \i'\W\ 

 a pale red-brown patch l)elow the cell ; subbasal line AWth double 

 white striie from costa filled in with black-lirown and white striga 

 from cell defined on inner side by black-browii ; antemedial line 

 white defined on each side by red-brown, angled outwards below 

 costa, then bent inwards, obliquely curved l)elowthe cell and angled 

 outwards below submedian fold ; orbicular with white annulus, 

 oblique elliptical ; an oblique silvery- wdiite Y-shaped stigma below 

 the cell, its tail dilated at extremity ; reniform with white anmdus, 

 its centre defined by dark brown, strongly constricted at middle ; 

 an indistinct diffused brown medial line, rather oblique and slightly 



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