LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 839 



brownish lines. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 

 lines. 



Ceylon. In Mr. Layard's collection. 



Plusia ochreata. 



Foem. Ochracea ; palpi articulo 2o piloso, So lanceolate* ; thorax 

 postice cristatus; abdomen supra argenteo-cinereum ; alee 

 anticee ferruginece, argenteo-cinereo suffuses, apuel marginem 

 exteriorem leste cuprees, lineis tribus undulatis obscurioribus, 

 striga lanceolata obliqua argenteo margin ata ; postices nigri- 

 cantes, fimbria cinerea basi palliele ferruginea. 



Female. Ochraceous. Palpi obliquely ascending, not rising 

 higher than the vertex; second joint pilose ; third lanceolate, less 

 than half the length of the second. Thorax crested on the hind 

 border. Abdomen silvery cinereous above. Fore wings fer- 

 ruginous, wilh silvery cinereous reflections, bright cupreous 

 along the exterior border; three darker undulating lines; a long 

 oblique lanceolate silvery-bordered streak between the first and 

 second lines ; third line bordering the cupreous part. Hind wings 

 blackish ; fringe cinereous, pale ferruginous towards the base. 

 Length of ihe body 8 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



0, b. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Plusia mutans. 



Foem. Cinerea ; caput et thorax subferrvginea ; palpi articulo 3o 

 lanceolato ; ales antices nitentcs cupreo suffuses, lineis non- 

 nullis cinereis undulatis, linea exteriore duplicata magis de- 

 terminata, linea submarginali angulosa, linea marginali 

 pallidiore, striga discali obliqua lanceolata argentea basi 

 fur c ata. 



Female. Cinereous. Head and thorax slightly tinged with 

 ferruginous. Palpi obliquely ascending, not rising so high as the 

 vertex; third joint lanceolate, shorter than the second. Fore wings 

 cupreous-tinged, glistening, with some undulating cinereous lines, of 

 which a double one beyond the middle is more distinct than the 

 others; submarginal line cinereous, zigzag; disk with an oblique 

 lanceolate silvery streak, which is furcate at the base ; marginal 

 line pale cinereous ; marginal lunules blackish. Length of the 

 body 8 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



