PLUSIA. 569 



Fore wing with a cupreous tinge ; the subbasal, ante- and post- 

 medial lines more prominent and less waved ; some black specks 

 beyond the subbasal line ; the tail of the Y~ mar k detached from 

 the arms ; the patch and black specks on outer margin absent. 

 Hind wing nearly uniform pale or dark fuscous. 



Hob. W. Africa ; Ceylon : Java ; Fiji. Exp. 32 millim. 



2662. Plusia nigriluna, Wlk. Cat. xii, p. 931 ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl iii, 



pi. 152, figs. 2, 2 a (larva) ; C. $ S. no. 2167. 



Differs from signata in the head and thorax being dark purplish 

 grey, some of the scales of the thoracic tuft orange; abdomen 

 dark fuscous, with pale lateral hairs at base ; the dorsal tufts 

 dark. Fore wing dark purplish grey with golden patches near 

 base, on median area, and at outer angle ; the Y-mark large and 

 prominent, the arms almost filled in with silver, which has a slight 

 golden tinge ; the postmedial line more crenulate ; the marginal 

 patch and specks present. Hind wing dark fuscous, with the cilia 

 pale. 



Larva olive-green, darkest beneath, with a few fine dorsal hairs ; 

 the somites spotted with black. Pupa green, with dorsal segmental 

 brown streaks. 



Hob. Sikhim ; Ceylon. Exp. 32 millim. 



2663. Plusia eriosoma, Doubl. DieffenbacKs New Zealand, ii, p. 285. 

 Plusia verticillata, Guen. Noct. ii, p. 344 ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, 



pi. 152, fig. 6; C. $ S. no. 2180. 

 Plusia rogationis, Guen. Noct. ii, p. 344. 

 Plusia include, Wlk. Cat. xii, p. 914. 

 Plusia hamifera, Wlk. Cat. xii, p. 917. 

 Plusia acuta, Wlk. Cat. xii, p. 922. 

 Plusia Integra, Wlk. Cat. xii, p. 931 ; C. $ S. no. 2163. 

 Plusia adjuncta, Wlk. Cat. xxxiii, p. 840. 

 Plusia dyaus, Grote, Can. Ent. vii, p. 202. 



Differs from signata in the head, thorax, and fore wing having 

 a reddish tinge ; abdomen with the lateral and anal tufts often 

 black in the male. Fore wing with much more gilding on the 

 basal, medial, and outer areas ; the antemedial line more oblique, 



Fig. 321. Plusia eriosoma, tf. \. 



the postmedial more oblique and sinuous ; the Y~ mai> k large, 

 prominent, and golden, the arms often filled in with golden and 

 occasionally joined to the tail. 



