LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 907 



a — e. Trenton Falls, New York. Presented by E. Donbleclay, Esq. 

 /. Philadelphia. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 

 g. Orilla, West Canada. From Mr. Bush's collection. 

 h. Massachusetts. From Prof. Sheppard's collection. 



Var. Female. Reddish ferruginous. Third joint of the palpi 

 full half the length of the second. Thorax orange in front ; lappets 

 and tufts with cinereous borders. Abdomen somewhat fawn-colour. 

 Fore wings rather acute, mostly gilded, with a purplish tinge ; 

 bands and part of the reniform spot somewhat orange, with slight 

 silvery borders ; two or three blackish dots at the base; orbicular 

 spot almost obsolete; subraarginal line indistinct; discal mark 

 yellowish silvery, brilliant, almost divided, the fore part irregularly 

 V-shaped, with a little silvery semicircle in front, the hind part 

 elongate-oval : ciliae rather broad, with dark marks, hardly denticu- 

 lated. Hind wings aeneous-cinereous; ciliae pale, with darker 

 marks. 



? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



45. Plusia simplex. 



Ferrugineo-fuscescens ; abdomen testaeeum ; alee anticce cinereo- 

 fuscce, plaga discali nigro-fusca ferrugineo varia, linea discali 

 arcuata argentea apice clavata et hamata, necnon gutta discali 

 antica alteraque postica argenteis ; posticce testacecp, fascia 

 margineque nigro-fuscis, ciliis canis. 



Plusia simplex, Guen. Noct. ii. 346, 1174. 



a — d. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay. Presented 



by Dr. Barns ton. 

 e—i. Trenton Falls, New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 

 j. Orilla, West Canada. From Mr. Bush's collection. 



46. Plusia Ou. 



Cinerea ; abdomen pallidum ; ala antica fusco-cinerea?, fasciis 

 variis undulatis obliquis nigricantibus, U gutlaque discalibus 

 argenteis; posticce cinereo-cuprece^ margine obscuriore, ciliis 

 pallidis. 



Plusia Ou, Guen. Noct. ii. 96, 348, 1176. 



a, b. East Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



c — e. Venezuela. From Mr, Dyson's collection. 



