572 NOCTUIDjE. 



2671. Plnsia daubei, Boisd. Ind. Meth. p. 159 ; C. $ S. no. 2159. 

 Plusia ciliaris, Wlk. Cat. xii, p. 928 ; Butl. III. Het. vi, pi. 110, 



%. 5 ; C. 4- S. no. 2156. 

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



Differs from drcumflexa in being paler grey without the purplish 

 tinge, and suffused with pale golden brown. Pore wing with the 

 veins whitish ; the ante- and postmedial lines more erect ; the 

 orbicular and reniforin with white edges ; the V-mark more 

 elongate and separate from the antemedial line. 



The male has the lateral tufts on abdomen fulvous. 



Hab. Europe ; Senegal ; Congo ; Himalayas as far east as 

 Sikhim. Exp. 34 millim. 



2672. Plusia lobifera, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 358; C. fy S. no. 1822. 



c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale brownish fuscous, the 

 vertex of head white. Pore wing brownish white ; the costal and 

 central inner areas and the area beyond the cell fuscous-grey ; 

 a double waved antemedial line, indistinct except towards inner 

 margin ; an elongate claviform spot with black outline ; an 

 indistinct lunule on discocellulars ; a double sinuous postmedial 

 line, incurved below cell ; series of black submarginal streaks and 

 marginal specks ; the cilia fuscous intersected with white. Hind 

 wing fuscous, with the cilia white. 



Hab. Bombay. Exp. 34 millim. 



2673. Plusia pyropia, Butl. A.M. N. H. (5) iv, p. 307. 



Head orange-red ; thorax red-brown, the tips of the scales 

 white ; abdomen pale brown, the dorsal tufts rufous. Pore wing 

 grey^brown ; the medial area below the cell and the whole outer 

 area except the anal angle suffused with golden copper ; the ante- 

 and postmedial lines nearly straight, the former obsolete above 

 median nervure ; the upper part of the stigma ' crochet '-shaped 

 and not joined to the round spot ; an irregularly waved submarginal 

 line. Hind wing brownish fuscous. 



Hab. Japan ; Dharmsala ; Sikhim ; Nagas. Exp. 34 millim. 



2674. Plusia ornatissima, Wlk. Cat. xv, p. 1786 ; C. $ S. no. 2171. 

 Plusia chalsytis, Koll. (nee Treit.} HiiyeVs Kaschmir, iv, p. 482. 



Differs from pyropia in the metallic markings being more brassy, 

 those near outer margin less diffused ; the costal portion of the 

 subbasal line silvery ; the antemedial line angled below median 

 nervure ; the two portions of the Y-niark very large, prominent 

 and silvery; a golden speck on each side of the orbicular and 

 reniform ; the postmedial line more erect. Hind wing dark 

 fuscous. 



Hab. Japan ; China ; N.W. Himalayas ; Sikhim. Exp. 40 millim. 



