368 Mr. A. G. Butler on new Species of 



slenderly edged internally with silver) representing the cen- 

 tral belt, and enclosing two silver spots placed obliquely end 

 to end in the centre of the wing ; a zigzag dark brown line 

 halfway between the central belt and the outer margin ; 

 fringe at apex cinereous : secondaries and body pale smoky 

 brown, the former with the external half darker ; head and 

 collar salmon-coloured. Primaries below grey, with the veins 

 and borders sandy yellowish ; secondaries pale buff, with a 

 discocellular dot and a diffused angulated discal belt, limited 

 internally by a darker line, grey ; palpi and front of anterior 

 coxa; reddish brown. Expanse of wings 1 inch 2 lines. 



About the size and coloration of P. rutila, but more nearly 

 allied to P. ornatissima. 



51. Plusia serena, n. sp. (no. 789). 



Allied to P. gamma, but smaller and shorter in wing, the 

 " gamma " marking clearly cut, slender, and golden ; the 

 pale cloudings less prominent, more as in P. u-aureum ; the 

 secondaries with the dusky border less strongly defined. 

 Under surface nearly as in P. u-aureum. Expanse of wings 

 1 inch 4 lines. 



Mr. Pryer has sent the female of Deva splendtda, an 

 example of the West-Indian species Gonitis j'ractifera dif- 

 fering in no respect from specimens taken in Jamaica, a 

 female of Toxocampa enormis, a male of Catocala nivea, a 

 large variation of C. mirifica, a specimen of Nyctipao cre- 

 puscularis, and what seems to be an interesting variety of 

 Hypopyra dulcina. Another species of Hypopyridse is the 

 so-called Remigia ussuriensis of Bremer, which is referable 

 to the genus Entomogramma. 



Focillidae. 



52. Lacera procelhsa, n. sp. (no. 816). 



Closely allied to L. capella, with the same general pattern ; 

 larger, considerably darker, the projections of the outer margin 

 in the primaries much more prominent, the outer margin of 

 the secondaries noticeably more angulated ; most of the pale 

 spots and lines on the wings more distinct and sharply cut, 

 but the transverse pale buff subapical dots absent or indi- 

 stinct ; the submarginal zigzag lines of the primaries ex- 

 ceedingly irregular, the inner one distinctly whitish in the 

 centre ; secondaries considerably larger, the borders of the 

 marginal black spots cinereous ; under surface of the secon- 

 daries much more varied with pale greenish, the subapical 

 black spots reduced to one, which is less sharply defined ; the 



