572 noctuidjE. 



2671. Plusia daubei, Boisd. Ind. Meth. p. 159 ; C. 8? S. no. 2159. 

 Plusia ciliaris, Wlk. Cat. xii, p. 928 ; Butl. III. Het. vi, pi. 110, 



fig. 5 ; C.$S. no. 2156. 

 Plusia indicator, Wlk. Cat. xii, p. 922. 



Differs from circumflexa in being paler grey without the purplish 

 tinge, and suffused with pale golden brown. Pore wing with the 

 veins whitish ; the ante- and postrnedial lines more erect ; the 

 orbicular and reniform with white edges ; the V-mark more 

 elongate and separate from the antemedial line. 



The male has the lateral tufts on abdomen fulvous. 



Hah. Europe; Senegal; Congo; Himalayas as far east as 

 Sikhim. Exp. 34 millim. 



2672. Plusia lobifera, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 358; C. 8f S. no. 1822. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale brownish fuscous, the 

 vertex of head white. Pore wing brownish white ; the costal and 

 central inner areas and the area beyond the cell fuscous-grey ; 

 a double waved antemedial line, indistinct except towards inner 

 margin ; an elongate claviform spot with black outline ; an 

 indistinct lunule on discocellulars ; a double sinuous postrnedial 

 line, incurved below cell ; series of black submargina] streaks and 

 marginal specks ; the cilia fuscous intersected with white. Hind 

 wing fuscous, with the cilia white. 



Hah. Bombay. Exp. 34 millim. 



2673. Plusia pyropia, Butl A.M.N. H. (5) iv, p. 367. 



Head orange-red ; thorax red-brown, the tips of the scales 

 white ; abdomen pale brown, the dorsal tufts rufous. Pore wing 

 grey-brown ; the medial area below the cell and the whole outer 

 area except the anal angle suffused with golden copper ; the ante- 

 and postrnedial lines nearly straight, the former obsolete above 

 median nervure ; the upper part of the stigma ' crochet '-shaped 

 and not joined to the round spot ; an irregularly waved submarginal 

 line. Hind wing brownish fuscous. 



Hah. Japan ; Dharmsala ; Sikhim ; Nagas. Exp. 34 millim. 



2674. Plusia ornatissima, Wlk. Cat. xv, p. 1786 ; C. $ S. no. 2171. 

 Plusia chalsytis, Koll. {nee Treit.) Htigelh Kaschmir, iv, p. 482. 



Differs horn, pyropia in the metallic markings being more brassy, 

 those near outer margin less diffused ; the costal portion of the 

 subbasal line silvery ; the antemedial line angled below median 

 nervure ; the two portions of the Y-mark very large, prominent 

 and silvery; a golden speck on each side of the orbicular and 

 reniform ; the postrnedial line more erect. Hind wing dark 

 fuscous. 



Hah. Japan ; China ; N.W. Himalayas ; Sikhim. Exp. 40 millim. 



