plusia. 575 



2683. Plusia modesta, Htibn. Beitr. J, p. 1, pi. i, fig. 1 a. 

 Noctua illustris, Fabr. Mant. Ins. p. 164. 



Plusia illustris, var. uralensis, Ev. Bull. Mosc. xv, 1842, p. 553. 

 Euchalcia cashmirensis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 376 ; C. \ S. 

 no. 2186. 



Grey ; the head, collar, and tegulae tinged with pale fulvous ; 

 abdomen grey, with the dorsal tufts fulvous. Fore wing grey, 

 typically with a rosy tinge, in the Himalayan form cashmirensis 

 greenish ; cupreous fulvous patches on costa, medial area below 

 vein 2, and near outer angle; the subbasal line indistinct; the 

 pale double ante- and postmedial lines almost straight ; the pale 

 submarginal line slightly sinuous ; orbicular and reniform with 

 slight pale edges ; a white U-niark below the cell ; slight cupreous 

 patches on outer margin at apex and centre ; a pale marginal line. 

 Hind wing fuscous ; darker in cashmirensis. Underside ochreous ; 

 the disk of fore wing fuscous. 



Hab. Europe ; Kulu ; Kashmir. Exp. 36-40 millim. 



2684. Plusia oxygramma, Hilbn. Zutr. p. 37, figs. 769, 770. 

 Abrostola transfixa, Wlk. Cat. xii, p. 884 ; C. $ S. no. 2185. 

 Plusia subchalybaea, Wlk. Cat. xxxiii, p. 833. 



Abrostola nubila, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 549. 



Head, thorax, and fore wing dull brown with a grey tinge ; the 

 subbasal, ante- and postmedial waved lines brownish and indis- 

 tinct; the orbicular narrow, elongate, and brown, with white 

 edges ; a white streak on median nervure conjoined to a brown 

 streak with pale edges on vein 2, terminating at the postmedial 

 line ; a dark dentate submarginal line. Hind wing fuscous, pale 

 at base. 



The form subchalybaea differs in the orbicular not being brown, 

 and in having some dark suffusion on vein 2 instead of the brown 

 pale-edged streak. 



Hab. G-eorgia (Asia) ; Japan ; China ; N.W. Himalayas ; Nil- 

 giris ; Ceylon; Java; Australia; Fiji. Exp. 42 millim. 



2685. Plusia anargyra, Guen. Noct. ii, p. 351. 



Plusia spoliata, Wlk. Cat. xii, p. 923; Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, 



pi. 149, fig. 7. 

 Plusia reticulata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 148 ; C. 8f S. no. 2175. 



Head and thorax red-brown, with white tips to the scales ; 

 abdomen pale brown. Fore wing brown, with a purplish tinge and 

 golden suffusion towards outer margin ; the markings slight, 

 indistinct, and formed of golden scales ; the subbasal, ante- and 

 postmedial lines sinuous ; the orbicular and reniform small ; an 

 elongate V-mark on vein 2 ; an irregularly dentate submarginal, 

 and more regular and prominent marginal line. Hind wing 

 brown : underside pale, with cell-spot and postmedial line, beyond 

 which is some fuscous suffusion. 



Hab. Congo ; Madagascar ; Sikhim ; Nilgiris. Exp. 36 millim. 



