910 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Ferruginous-brown. Third joint of the palpi nearly 

 half the length of the second. Thorax slightly banded. Abdomen 

 cinereous. Fore wings narrow, purplish brown, with a cupreous 

 tinge ; bands blackish, incomplete ; submarginal line obsolete 

 hindward ; orbicular and reniform spots with blackish borders ; 

 orbicular small, almost round, with a dot in the middle ; reniform 

 narrow, excavated on the exterior side ; two slight whitish transverse 

 lines inside the discal mark, which is brownish, irregularly fusiform, 

 encloses a paler streak, and has a slightly silvery border. Hind 

 wings somewhat cupreous, cinereous towards the base : cilia? 

 whitish. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a — c. Georgia. From Mr. Milne's collection. 



Group 4. 

 Like the sixth European group. 



51. Plusia mortuokxjm. 



Nigricans ; thorax albido varius, fasciculis ferrvgineis ; abdomen 

 cinereum ; alee anticce maculis basalibus et discalibvs, fasciis 

 duabus undulatis exterioribus lunulisque marginalibus argen- 

 teis ; posticce subcervince, margine lato nigricante, ciliis albido 

 variis. 



Plusia mortuorum, Guen. Noct. ii. 353, 1187. 



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



Esq. 

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

 h. Canada. Presented by Dr. Barnston. 



52. Plusia ampla. 



Mas. Cinerea ; alee anticce lata, lituris costalibus nigris, plaga 

 magna postica cvpreo-fusca disco incisa et argenteo marginata, 

 orbiculari pallido marginata ; reniformi ex parte nigro mar- 

 ginata, margine exteriore subdentictilato subobliquo ; postica? 

 pallide flavce, margine lato niyro-fusco, ciliis albido strigatis. 

 Foem. — Obscurior, ferrvginosa ; ala posticce sordide teslacea, 

 margine lato nigricante. 



Male. Cinereous. Third joint of the palpi about half the 

 length of the second. Fore wings broad, with some black costal 

 marks, and with a large cupreous-brown patch on the interior 



