102 POPULAR ENTOMOLOGY. 



LEPIDOPTERA. NOCTUID^E. 



PLUSIA. 



Generic Distinctions. Antenna simple ; palpi longer than the 

 head ; proboscis long ; head and thorax tufted. 



PLUSIA GAMMA. Gamma Moth. Upper wings grey, 

 variegated with dusky brown, having a pale spot towards 

 the apex, and a few. transverse dark lines slightly waved ; 

 the disc is inscribed with a silvery character resembling the 

 letter G or the Greek gamma ; the under wings are ash- 

 brown ; the hinder margin and nervures dark brown ; head 

 and thorax grey. Caterpillar light green, with faint yellow 

 lines on the sides, and white ones on the back. 



PLUSIA CHRYSITIS. (Plate XIV.) Burnished-brass Moth. 

 Anterior wings ornamented with two broad golden-green 

 bands, variable in their tint ; near the apex there is a trans- 

 verse line of deep brown, of which colour are also the 

 hinder wings. The caterpillars of this species are green, 

 with a longitudinal white line on the sides, and oblique 

 streaks of the same on the back. The Moth frequents lanes 

 and the rank vegetation found among rubbish, and is com- 

 mon in the south of England. 



