840 CATALOGUE OF 



It most resembles P. significans, but tbe silvery mark of the 

 fore wings is differently shaped, and is bordered with black in 

 front. ' 



a. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Plusia peninsulata. 



Mas. Subceneo-cervina, nitens ; antenna: pectinata ; alcB antica 

 lata, vix acuta, litura magna punctoque albi's, ilia medio 

 valde coarctata antice fusiformi, lineis duabus exterioribus 

 fuscis denticulatis indistinctis. 



Male, Fawn-colour, shining, slightly aeneous-tinged. Palpi 

 erect, rather slender, rising higher than the vertex ; second joint 

 pubescent ; third lanceolate, less than half the length of the second. 

 Antennae pectinated. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind 

 wings, apical tuft elongate. Legs stout ; posterior tibiae slightly 

 fringed. Wings broad. Fore wings hardly acute; disk with a 

 large white mark, which is much contracted in the middle and is 

 fusiform in front, and has a white point on its inner side ; two ex- 

 terior indistinct denticulated brown lines; three cinereous costal 

 points near the tip ; exterior border slightly convex and oblique. 

 Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



This species recedes much from the typical form of Plusia, 

 It much resembles P. niveiplaga, from which it is especially dis- 

 tinguished by its pectinated antennae. 



Mysol. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Plusia adjuncta. 



Fcem. Ochraceo-cinerea ; thorax antice et postice ochracevs ; ab- 

 domen bicristatum'; alee antica purpurascente-cinerea, disco 

 et apud marginem exterior em cupreo sufftisa, lineis tribus 

 argenteo-cinereis, la abbreviata, 2a subdupticata, 3a undulata 

 fusco marginata, lituris duabus approximaiis argenteis 

 micantibus, la U-formi, 2a ovali ; postica aneo-cinerea, 

 aneo-fusco marginata? , fimbria albida. 



Female, Cinereous, ochraceous-tinged, pale cinereous beneath. 

 Palpi erect, vising a little higher than the vertex ; third joint 

 lanceolate. Thorax ochraceous in front and about the hind border. 

 Abdomen paler than the thorax, with two crests. Fore wings pur- 

 plish cinereous, largely cupreous in the disk and about the exterior 



