Noctuiclse in the Joicey Collection. 25 



diffused patch extending nearly to antimedial line, then out- 

 wardly oblique to hind margin near tornus, wheie it is edged 

 on each side by a white luuule ; subterminal line represented 

 by jin irregular row of black and white spots and a few 

 violet specks, nearly parallel Avitli the postmedial shade ; a 

 conspicuous round white marginal spot at li^, a white mar- 

 ginal streak in fold, and black, slightly pale-edged terminal 

 spots. 



Hind wing grey-brown with a cupreous gloss, paler at 

 base, with a pale postmedial line and a fine pale line at base 

 of fringe. 



Underside of fore wing and distal and costal areas of hind 

 wing shining grey-brown; a slightly crenulate, dark post- 

 medial line running across both wings from about two-thirds 

 costa of fore wing to near tornus of hind wing; four white 

 dots on costa of fore wing between postmedial line and apex 

 (less clearly visible above). Hind wiug with basal inner 

 area paler, shading gradually to grey-brown ; a slight 

 brown lunule on DC^ and a very slight diffused subterminal 

 line. 



N. Rhodesia, 1908 (Gimson). Type and another (^ . 



Also from Escourt, Natal, 1 $ in the British Museum. 



Near P. limbirena, Gn., from which, however, it is easily 

 distinguishable by the following characters. The fore wing 

 is shorter on the apical half, the distal margin being slightly 

 angled at R^, instead of evenly curved, as in limbirena ; the 

 hind wing is more smoky in tone than in limbirena, especially 

 on the basal area ; the pale marginal mark at R"* is a slight 

 pinkish streak extending to M^ in limbirena, an almost 

 round white spot in cBuescens ; and the shining bronze-gold 

 shades of cenescens are quite absent in limbirena, which is also 

 generally less black in its darker shades-^altogether less 

 contrasted than cenescens. • . 



22. Plusia rubi'iflabellata, sp. n. (PI. IV. fig. 2.) 



c?.— 30-35 mm. 



Head, palpus, and antennal shaft orange-brown, shaded 

 with dark brown ; collar with a fan of scarlet scales on 

 either side of head ; tegulse, patagia, and thpA'acic crests 

 purple-brown tipped with white, the crests, imuch as in 

 chalcytes, Esp., but that on the mesothorax appearing more 

 produced ; third joint of palpus longer and thicker than in 

 chalcytes; dorsum of abdomen pale cinereonSj, the lateral 

 tufts ochreous, springing in a spreading fan fvQUi the fifth 

 and sixth abdominal segments and extending nearly to tlie 



