836 CATALOG DE OF 



Pluria VENUSTA. 



Fcem. Cervina ; abdomen aurato-cinereum ; aim antica vitta 

 latissima saturate ochracea apicem versus dilatata lineam 

 argenteam nigro marginatam inciudente ; posticce ameo-fusca, 

 fimbria pallida. 



Female. Fawn-colour, paler beneath. Palpi slender, curved, 

 obliquely ascending, not rising higher than the vertex ; third joint 

 lanceolate, nearly half the length of the second. Abdomen gilded 

 cinereous. Fore wings with a very broad deep ochraceous stripe, 

 which widens from the base to the exterior border, and contains a 

 silvery black-bordered line. Hind wings aeneous-brown; fringe 

 pale. Length of the body 8£ lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Orilla, West Canada. From Mr. Bush's collection. 



Plusia basigera. 



Foem. Ferruginea ; caput postiee et thoracis margo anticus Icete 

 ochraceo-rufa ; abdomen cervinum, ferrugineo cristatum ; alee 

 anticce fusco subnebulosa, nigricante strigata?> striga postica 

 angulata nigricante argenteo submarginata guttas duas ar- 

 genteas elongatas inciudente, linea exteriore subundulata pos* 

 tice argentea lineisque duabus adhuc exterioribus nigricanti- 

 bus ; posticce ceneo-fusca. 



Female. Ferruginous, paler beneath. Head behind, palpi on 

 the inner side and fore border of the thorax bright ochraceous-red. 

 Abdomen fawn-colour, with dark ferruginous crests. Fore wings 

 glistening, paler than the thorax, with blackish transverse streaks, 

 partly shaded with brown ; an angular blackish streak extending 

 from near the base of the interior border to the disk, partly bordered 

 in front by a silvery line, and containing two elongated silvery dots ; 

 a black point near the end of the streak and an exterior slightly 

 undulating black line, which is silver-bordered near the interior 

 border; two more exterior blackish lines, which approach each other 

 in front, and of which the first is denticulated. Hind wings aeneous- 

 brown ; fringe paler. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 

 18 lines. 



