﻿1786 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Brownish cinereous. Head above and thorax in front 

 red-lead-colour. Second and third joints of the palpi with pale 

 tips. Fore wings cinereous, shining, with two large irregular 

 glancing cupreous patches ; the one apical and marginal ; the other 

 discal, mostly bordered by a slightly silvery line and including two 

 oblong bright silvery drops ; orbicular and reniform marks with pale 

 borders ; the former oblong, oblique ; the latter brown at each end, 

 much excavated on the outer side. Hind wings aBueous-brown, 

 cinereous towards the base ; fringe white. Length of the body 

 6 lines; of the wings 11 lines. 



a. North China. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 



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Plusia ornatissima. 



Fcem. Purpurascente-cinerea ; palpi et thorax fasciis duahus miniatis, 

 hie fasciis duahus posterioribus ferrngineis ; abdomen ferru- 

 gineo bicristatum ; alee anticce subfalcatcB, aureo varice^ guttis 

 duahus oblongis Icete argenteis, strigis nonnullis subauratis ; 

 posticcB ceneo-fusccB, fimbria apicali pallide cinerea. 



Female. Purplish cinereous, brownish cinereous beneath. 

 Palpi with two red-lead-coloured bands. Thorax with two red-lead- 

 coloured bands in front, and with two ferruginous bands hindward. 

 Abdomen with two ferruginous crests. Fore wings subfalcate, 

 brightly gilded at the base of the costa and along most of the exte- 

 rior border, and on the hinder part of the disk ; two large pyriform 

 brilliant silvery drops ; a few slight pale gilded streaks. Hind 

 wings aeneous-brown ; fringe pale cinereous exteriorly. Length of 

 the body 7 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. North Hindostan. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Plusia permissa. 



Mas. Ferruginea ; thorax subcristatus, lineis transversis canis ; 

 abdomen subtestaceo-cinereum, cristis basalibus fasciculoque 

 apicali nigricantibus ; alee anticce sericeo-cinerece, ex parte 

 nigro-cuprece, venis basalibus lineisque albidis, litura discali 

 argenteo marginata vix V-formi, linea marginali albida lunu- 

 las nigras includente; posticce cinerecBy ceneo marginatce. 



