﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1785 



Page 888. 



Plusia siderifera. 



Rufa ; alee anticce strigis medianis geminis integerrimis venisque 

 albis, maculis rnedianis nigris^ orbiculari albo nigroque ciV' 

 cumscripta, macula posieriore circulari nigro albo circum-' 

 scrip ta ; posiicce pallide cinerece. 



Plusia siderifera, Normann, JEversm, Bull. Soc, Imp. Nat. Mosc. 

 1857, 1, 104, 3, pi. 3, f. 4. 



Sarepta. 



Page 920. 



Plusia intracta. 



Mas. Subochraceo-cinerea ; caput ochraceum ; abdomen testa- 

 ceum ; alee anticcB cupreo-cej'vince subroseo suffusce, ex parte 

 auratce^ lineis obscuris undulatis subargenteo marginatis^ litura 

 discali angusta obliqiia Icete argentea, reniformi extus exca- 

 vata ; posiicce testacece, fascia submarginali diffusa cinerea. 



Male. Head ochraceous. Thorax cinereous, somewhat ochra- 

 ceous in the disk. Abdomen testaceous. Fore wings cupreous 

 fawn-colour, with a slight rosy tinge, here and there gilded, 

 especially on a subquadrate gilded patch, which rests on the inte- 

 rior border, is slightly bordered by a silvery line, and includes the 

 narrow oblique bright silvery streak ; interior and exterior lines un- 

 dulating, double, dark, partly silvery ; submarginal line single, 

 undulating, dark, more diffuse than the others; a dark streak 

 nearer the exterior border, attenuated and abbreviated hindward ; 

 reniform mark with a slight silvery border, excavated on the outer 

 side. Hind wings testaceous, with a diffuse submarginal cinereous 

 band ; fringe with blackish marginal points. Length of the body 

 6 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



Page 932. 



Plusia rutilifeons. 



Mas. Fuscescente-cinerea, antice miniata ; alee anticce cinerece, 

 plagis duabus magnis cupreis micantibus, giitiis duabus oblon^ 

 gis Icete argenteis, orbiculari et reniformi pallido marginatis, 

 hacfusco notata extus excavata, ilia oblonga obliqua ; posticce 

 ceneo-fusccr, basi cinerece^ fimbria alba . 



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