LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCKRA. 841 



border, with three silvery cinereous lines; first line very near the 

 base, much abbreviated hindward ; second antemedial, double in 

 the middle, retracted towards thecosta ; third postmedial, undulating, 

 bordered with brown on each side ; two bright silvery nearly con- 

 tiguous marks ; the first irregularly U-shaped, the second irregularly 

 oval. Hind win^s aeneous-cinereous, aeneous-brown towards the 

 exterior border ; fringe whitish, incompletely interlined with brown. 

 Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



The more gilded fore wings and the small size of the silvery 

 mark distinguish this species from P. argentifera, and from P. 

 secundaria, 



«. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Biggies' collection. 



Plusia inchoata. 



Mas. Viridescente-fusca ; palporum articulus Sus cinereus, 

 lanceolatus ; thoracis tegula? cinereo-marginatce ; abdomen 

 cinereum crista basali fusca ; aim anticce subfalca4<e, fasciis 

 quinque obliquis indistinctis purpurascente-cinereis, vitta lata 

 Jiexa ceneo aut atra ; posticoe cinerece> linea fasciaque mar- 

 ginali latissima fuscis, 



Male. Greenish brown, cinereous beneath. Third joint of the 

 palpi cinereous, lanceolate, about half the length of the second. 

 Antennae minutely setose. Tegulae of the thordx bordered with 

 cinereous. Abdomen cinereous, with a large brown crest at its 

 base. Fore wings subfalcate, with five oblique indistinct purplish 

 cinereous bands ; a broad aeneous stripe appearing deep black in 

 some aspects, commencing near the base of the interior border, 

 longitudinal in the disk, bent thence to the tip. Hind wings 

 cinereous, with a brown line, which is nearly contiguous to a very 

 broad brown marginal band. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the 

 wings 22 lines. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



b. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



Genus PLUSIODONTA, £ L. H. xii. 937. 



Plusiodonta chalsytoides. 



chalsytoides, Cat. Lep. Het. xii. 937 — Deva conducens, Cat. Lep. 

 HeU xii. 963. 



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