22 PLACODID^. — PLUSIID-E. 



PLACODID^E. 



SCEDOPLA, Butler. 

 Scedopla regalis. (Plate XLVI. fig. 5.) 

 xScedopla regalis, Butler, Ann. S,- Miir/. Kai. Hist. ser. 5, vol. i. p. 201 (1878). 



Primaries with the hasal two thirds dark brown, shot ^^ itli purple, external third of a 

 deep sandy yellowish colour ; a hroad subcentral transverse band indicated by marginal 

 sinuated limiting black lines ; a black discocellular litura ; disk slightly darker than the outer 

 border, its limit barely visible excepting at costa, sinuated ; a submarginal series of minute 

 black dots : secondaries stone-brown ; costa white ; outer margin and fringe sandy whitish ; 

 a series of dusky marginal litm-se : body brown, abdomen greyish. Under surface sandy 

 vellowish ; wings with a grey discal line ; primaries greyish, excepting at the borders. 

 Expanse of wings 1 inch 3 lines. 



Yokohama {Jonas). 



PLUSIID^. 



PLUSIA. Ocfis. 

 Plusia Jessica. (Plate XLVI. fig. 6.) 

 Plusia Jessica, Butler, Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. i. p. 201 (1878). 



Allied to P. Ill, but the primaries darker aud more sericeous ; a brassy 7 instead of the 

 central silvery markings ; the discal line rather less irregular ; the edge of the outer border 

 rather more irregular, more uniform in tint ; a marginal series of pale-edged triangular black 

 spots instead of the marginal lines ; secondaries greyer, without the abruptly darker border ; 

 thorax darker : wings below greyer, without the pale border. Expanse of wings 1 inch 4 lines. 



Yokohama [Jonas) . 



Plusia mikadina. (Plate XLYI. fig. 7.) 

 Plusia mikadina, Butler, Ann. ^- Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. i. p. 202 (1878). 



Nearly allied to P. concha, but rather paler, the golden ^-shaped marking of primaries 

 replaced by a larger brassy O ; the outer or discal line more deeply sinuated, aud the 

 golden patch bounded by it on the inner margin of double the width ; all the golden patches 

 paler, the diseoidal spots narrower and more angular : wings below much paler, the discal 

 streaks wider apart, the outer one of primaries more strongly angulated. Expanse of wings 

 1 inch 7 lines. 



Hakodate [Whitely) ; Yokohama [Jonas). 



