886 CATALOGUE OF 



than half the length of the body. Abdomen crested, extending 

 somewhat, or very little, beyond the hind wings. Legs rather long ; 

 hind tibiae with long spurs. Wings not broad. Fore wings gene- 

 rally partly gilded or silvery, straight in front, more or less angular 

 at the tips, rather oblique and sometimes slightly denticulated 

 along the exterior border. 



Group 1. 

 Alae anticas sericeae, lituris vix ullis metallicis. 

 Fore wings satiny, hardly adorned with metallic lustre. 



1. Plusia Eugenia. 



Albida; caput f err ugineum ; thorax antice ferrugineus, postice 

 lutescens ; abdomen cristis ferrugineis ; alee anticce rosece, 

 cinereo nebulosa, fascia basali strigaque subapicali nigris, 

 fascia exteriore angulata lineola postica lunulaque subapicali 

 albis, macula apicali rubra ; posticce sordide testacece, fasciis 

 duabus cinereis. 



Plusia Eugenia, Eversm. Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 1841, 1 ; 



Faun. Volg-Ural. 316. Herr.-Schaff. Schmett. Eur. ii. pi. 53, 



f. 267. Guen. Noct. ii. 329, 1 140. 

 Plusia Cheiranthi, Mem. Nat. Mosc. ii. pi. 20. 



South Ural Region. 



2. Plusia illusteis. 



Viridi-cinereus ; thorax fascia antica ochracea ; abdomen testa- 

 ceum ; alee venis nonnullis lineisque transversis undulatis 

 roseis et testaceis, maculis tribus marginalibus ochraceis ; pos- 

 ticce sordide testacece, fascia margineque cinereis, 



-, Engr. Pap. oVEur. 583, a — d 





Noctua illustris, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. 164,195; Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 



84, 245. Bork. Eur. Schmett. iv. 761, 346. Hubn. Eur. 



Schmett. Noct. pi. 56, f. 274. Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. 10, pi. 133, 



f. 1 . Frcy. Beit. pi. 65. Haw. Lep. Brit. 9. 

 Phalaena-Noctua illustris, Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2558, 1116. 

 Plusia illustris, Treit. Schmett. v. 154, 8. Curt. Brit. Ent. pi. 731. 



Meig. Syst. Besch. iii. 250, 2, pi. 121, f. 6. Steph. Til Brit. 



Ent. Haust. iii. 98. Boisd. Ind. MSth. 158, 1265. Eversm. 



Faun. Volg-Ural. 316. Guen. Noct. ii. 330, 1141. 



