838 CATALOGUE OF 



cinereous, interlined with brown. Length of the body 7 lines ; of 



the wings 16 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 



Plusia? dispellens. 



Fcem. Cinerea; caput et thorax fuseescentia; palpi subascend- 

 entes, dense fasciculati ; alee anticce striga basali brevi nigra, 

 fasciis duabus latissimis cupreo-fuscis postice approximatis, 

 la abbreviata albido marginata, 2a informi interrupta, plaga 

 intermedia furcata reniformem includente, gutlis exterioribus 

 nigricantibus, guttis marginalibus nigris ; posticce pallide 

 cupreo-fuscce. 



Female. Cinereous. Head, thorax and under side brownish. 

 Palpi slightly ascending, densely tufted to their tips. Fore tibiae 

 densely tufted. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. 

 Fore wings with a short black basal streak, and with two very broad 

 cupreous-brown bands, which converge hindward ; first band whitish- 

 bordered, abbreviated hindward ; second irregular, with some 

 blackish dots on its exterior side, interrupted hindward ; a whitish 

 oblong patch between the bands, straightened in the middle, its fore 

 part containing the reniform mark, its hind part forked ; marginal 

 dots black. Hind wings pale, cupreous-brown. Length of the body 

 6 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 

 Ceylon. In Mr. Layard's collection. 



Plusia impulsa. 



Foem. Pallide ochracea ; abdomen albido-cinereum ; alee antica 

 pnrpurascente sublinctce, lineis tribus pallidis obliquis sub- 

 arcuatis fuscescente marginatis, spatio inter medio aurato rufes- 

 cente consperso strigam obliquam aureo-argenteam includente, 

 macula apicali rufescente ; posticce albido-cinerece. 



Female. Pale ochraceous. Abdomen, hind wings and under 

 side whitish cinereous. Fore wings with a slight lilac tinge; three 

 pale brownish-bordered oblique slightly curved lines ; interior and 

 exterior lines widely apart; space between them brightly gilded 

 reddish-speckled, containing an oblique gilded silvery streak; a 

 reddish apical spot; reniform mark very indistinct; marginal line 

 pale, brown-bordered. Hind wings beneath with two indistinct 



