464 NOCTUIDiE. 



5 . Abdomen greyer ; hind wing darker. 



Hah. Madagascar, Betsileo {Cowan), 1 J, 1 ? tv^^e. Exjp., 

 S 44, 2 40 millim. 



8285. Phytometra cupreomicans. 



Plusia cupreomicans, Hnipsn. Trans. Zool. Soc. xix. p. 112, pi. iv. f. 19 

 (l'J09). 



Head and thorax whitish suffused with red-brown ; abdomen 

 white tinged with red-brown, the crests darker at tij^s. Fore wing 

 red-brown ahnost entirely suffused with brilliant cupreous gold ; 

 subbasal line double, brown filled in M^ith gold, from costa to 

 vein 1 ; antemedial line double, brown filled in with gold, waved ; an 

 oblique elliptical silvery stigma in and below middle of cell with a 

 small round spot beyond its lower extremity, both defined by brown 

 and with some gold in centres ; reniform slightly defined by brown 

 and with silvery points at lower extremities ; postmedial line 

 double, brown filled in with gold, slightly excurved below costa 

 and incurved at diseal fold, excurved at middle, then oblique and 

 slightly excurved above inner margin ; subterminal line brown, 

 excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; cilia with fine whitish line 

 at base and whitish tips. Hind A^^ng Avhitish suffused with 

 cupreous red-brown, especially on terminal half ; cilia with fine 

 whitish line at base and white tips ; the underside white tinged 

 with rufous, the terminal half suffused with brown, a slight curved 

 brown postmedial line. 



Hal. S. Nigeria, Old Calabar (Orompton), 1 5 ; Ugai^da, 

 Euwenzori, Semliki Valley {Wollastori), 1 5 type; N. Rhodesia, 

 Luangwa R. (JVeave), 1 6 . Exp. 32-36 millim. 



8286. Phytometra chalcedona. (Plate CCXXXVII. fig. 6.) 



Plusia chalcedona, Hmpsn. Anu. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 346 (1902). 



Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some grey, the tegulse 

 fiery red at middle, the patagia tipped with grey ; tarsi ringed 

 with whitish ; abdomen pale red -brown, the crests at tips and 

 ventral surface deeper red-brown. Fore wing purple-gi'ey suffused 

 with red-brown and almost entirely glossed with gold; subbasal 

 line slight, silvery-white, from costa to submedian fold, a red- brown 

 and golden patch beyond it below the cell ; antemedial line silvery, 

 obsolescent, angled outwards below costa and inwards in cell, then 

 oblique and slightly sinuous ; a silvery stigma below the cell con- 

 sisting of a small oblique U-shaped mark with minute crescent 

 above it in the cell ajnd elliptical spot beyond its lower extremity ; 

 postmedial line brown, slightly defined on outer side by silvery- 

 white from costa to vein 3, oblique, straight ; subterminal line 

 indistinct, brown, almost straight ; a slight silvery-Avhite line 

 before middle of termen ; cilia grey at base, brown at tips. Hind 

 wing whitish suffused with cupreous brown, the terminal area 

 cupreous brown ; cilia white at base, brown at tips ; the underside 



