568 NOCTTJID^E. 



segments, and lateral and anal tufts more or less strongly de- 

 veloped in male. Fore wing hooked at outer angle. 

 Larvce with 2 pairs of abdominal prolegs. 



SECT. I. (Plusia). Palpi with the 3rd joint short ; hind femora 

 of male not tufted with long hair. 



2658. Plusia limbirena, Guen. Noct. ii, p. 350 ; Moore, Lev. Ceyl. iii, 



pi. 152, fig. 5 ; C. 8f S. no. 2165. 



Plusia confusa, Moore, Lep. Art. p. 149 ; C. $ S. no. 2158. 

 Plusia gamma, Koll. (nee Linn.) HiiyeVs Kaschmir, iv, p. 481. 



Head and thorax clothed with grey and black scales ; abdomen 

 pale with the dorsal tufts dark. Fore wing fuscous, with a cupre- 

 ous tinge ; ill-defined darker medial and submarginal patches ; the 

 minutely waved double subbasal and antemedial lines with silvery 

 specks on them ; the orbicular and reniform small, indistinct, and 

 with pinkish edges ; a prominent silver Y-niark below the cell ; 

 the minutely waved double postmedial line angled inwards above 

 vein 1 ; traces of an irregularly sinuous submarginal line ; a small 

 pinkish patch on centre of outer margin; a marginal series of 

 black specks. Hind wing pale at base; the outer area suffused 

 with fuscous ; cilia pale ; underside with indistinct lunule at end 

 of cell and waved postmedial line. 



Hob. St. Helena ; S. Africa ; Madagascar ; Aden ; N.W. Hima- 

 layas ; Sikhim ; Nilgiris ; Ceylon. Exp. 42 millim. 



2659. Plusia Jessica, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i, p. 201, 1878; id. 111. 



Het. iii, pi. 46, fig. 6. 

 Plusia serena, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) iv, p. 368, 1879. 



Differs from limbirena in the head, thorax, and fore wing being 

 much greyer. Fore wing with the lines less waved and more 

 oblique ; the stigma a gamma-mark. Hind wing darker fuscous. 



Hob. Japan ; N.W. Himalayas. Exp. 36 millim. 



2660. Plusia furcifera, Wlk. Cat. xii, p. 927 ; C. $ S. no. 2177 (part.). 

 Plusia mutans, Wlk. Cat. xxxiii, p. 839 ; Hmpsn. III. Het. ix, 



pi. 162, fig. 5 ; C.fyS. no. 2166. 



Differs from limbirena in the head, thorax, and fore wing being 

 pale brownish with a golden tinge and irrorated with dark brown ; 

 the Y-mark much less prominent, its arms narrow and obsolescent ; 

 the small patch on the outer margin pale. Hind wing almost 

 uniform fuscous ; the cilia pale. 



Hob. N.W. Himalayas ; Poona ; Nilgiris. Exp. 36 millim. 



2661. Plusia signata, Fdbr. Ent. Sijst. iii, 2, p. 81 ; C. $ S. no. 2177 



(part,). 

 Plusia diminuta, Wlk. Cat. xxxiii, p. 837. 



Differs from limbirena in the head, thorax, and fore wing being 

 pale reddish brow r n ; abdomen paler, with the dorsal tufts small. 



