908 CATALOGUE OF 



47. Plus i a Oxygramma. 



Cinerea; thorax fusco fas ciatus ; abdomen pallide cinereum ; alee 

 anticce fusco nebulosa, striga diseali obliqua interlineata 

 alba; posticce basi pallidiores. 



Autographa Oxygramma (Noctua semigeometra, Plusia inscripta), 



Geyer, Zutr. SammL Exot. Schmett. 37, 385, f. 769, 770. 

 Plusia Oxygramma, Guen. Noet. ii. 350, 1181. 



Georgia. 



48. Plusia falcigera? 



Nigro-cinerea ; abdomen testaceo -cinereum ; alee anticce lineis dua- 

 bus indistinctis interioribus transversis argenteis, linea sub- 

 marginali nigra distincta angulosa, orbiculari et reniformi 

 nigro marginatis, linea argentea arcvata biangulata, macula 

 postica rufescente, guttis costaU&us subapicalibus albis, lunulis 

 marginalibus albidis ; posticce pallide cinerece, margine lato 

 ceneo-fusco. 



Plusia falcigera ? Kirby, Faun. Bor. Amer. iv. 308, 3. Alee anticce 

 nebula magna f us ca falculam argenteam includente, extus ramu- 

 lum includente. 



Nova Scotia. 



Plusia rectangula? Kirby, Faun. Bor. Amer. iv. 306, 1. Alee antica 

 cinerece. nigro nebulosce, macula diseali nivea rectangula sub- 

 ramosa, 



Canada. 



Dark gray, varied with black. Third joint of the palpi more 

 than half the length of the second. Abdomen cinereous, with 

 a testaceous tinge. Fore wings glossy, here and there slightly 

 gilded, with two indistinct transverse undulating silvery lines near 

 the base ; submarginal line distinct, black, zigzag ; orbicular and 

 reniform spots with black borders, the former nearly round, the lat- 

 ter hardly excavated ; discal silvery line forming two right angles, 

 curved at each end, the inner end forming a simple curve, the outer 

 curve forming a complete ringlet, and extending a little beyond it; 

 a reddish hindward mark ; a few white dots towards the tip of the 

 costa, and a row of marginal whitish lunules ; cilia? alternately 

 black and whitish. Hind wings pale cinereous, with broad aeneous- 



