plusia. 573 



2675. Plusia paimosa, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 149 ; C. %■ 8. no. 2172. 



Differs from pyropia in the ground-colour being paler. Fore 

 wing with the inner area beyond the antemedial line and the 

 outer area dark golden copper-colour, leaving a marginal line and 

 triangular patch of the ground-colour at outer angle ; white- 

 ringed black specks in cell and at its lower angle ; the stigma small, 

 its arms not filled in with white. 



Hab. Sikhim. Exp. 34 millim. 



2676. Plusia ochreata, Wlk. Cat. xxxiii, p. 839; Moore, Lep. Ceyl 



in, pi. 151, fig. 4 ; C. # S. no. 2170. 



Differs from pyropia in the thorax being more suffused with 

 fiery orange. Fore wing with the copper colour confined to the 

 apical part of outer area ; the stigma consisting of a fuscous and 

 white streak from the costa at the antemedial line to the post- 

 medial line at vein 2, these being almost erect and the latter 

 sinuous. 



Hab. Hongkong ; Formosa ; Simla ; Nagas ; Nilgiris ; Ceylon. 

 Exp. 30 millim. 



2677. Plusia impulsa, Wlk. Cat. xxxiii, p. 838 ; Hmpsn. III. Het. ix, 



pi. 162, fig. 11 ; C.Sf S. no. 2162. 



Head and thorax fiery orange ; abdomen pale. Fore wing rosy 

 grey, with brilliant coppery red patches at end of cell, on inner 

 medial area, and at apex ; the antemedial line oblique and silvery ; 

 the Y-mark small, with the tail disconnected from the arms ; some 

 slight silvery marks at end of cell ; the postmedial line evenly 

 curved ; the sub marginal line slightly sinuous. Hind wing pale 

 fuscous. 



Hab. Travancore ; Ceylon. Exp. 30 millim. 



2678. Plusia orichalcea, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii, p. 227. 



Phalsena chrysitina, Martyn, Psyche, pi. 21; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. 



iii, pi. 152, fig. 7 ; C. $ S. no. 2155. 

 Noctua chryson, Esp. Schmett. iv, pi. 141, fig. 2. 

 Phalaena aerifera, Soiverby, Brit. Misc. pi. 29. 

 Noctua aurifera, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett. pt. 98, fig. 463. 



Head, collar, and vertex of thorax reddish orange ; tegulse and 

 fore wing pale red-brown ; the last with the subbasal, ante- and 

 postmedial waved lines very indistinct, fine, and white ; the sub- 

 marginal line irregularly lunulate ; the orbicular and reniform 

 with fine white outlines ; the whole of the outer area, except the 

 inner margin, occupied by a brassy golden patch which extends 

 towards the base below median nervure, further in chrysitina than 

 in the typical form. Hind wing pale at base, the outer area 

 fuscous. 



Larva. Bluish green, with a few short dorsal hairs ; slender 

 dorsal white lines and a prominent lateral line. Food-plant, 

 Coreopsis. 



