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between this line and the exterior border there is an indistinct 

 brown undulating submarginal line ; two pale basal lines ; orbicular 

 spot indistinct; reniform with its border partly silvery; discal 

 figures bright silvery, composed of an elliptical dot and of a ?-shaped 

 mark; ciliae with brown lunules. Hind wings pale, with a broad 

 aeneous-brown border; cilia pale. Length of the body 5^ lines ; of 

 the wings 12 lines. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



66. Plusia parallel a. 



Foem. Cinerea ; palpi nigricantes ; abdomen pallidum; alee 

 anticce purpureo-cuprece, lineis transversis nigricantibus du- 

 plicates undulatis maculaque reniformi indistinctis, orbiculari 

 subobsoleta, litura discali argentea obliqua longa angusta 

 lineari acuminata intus cuprea strigamque albidam inclu- 

 dente, strigis nonnullis discalibus nigris, lunulis marginalibus 

 attenuatis nigricantibus ; posticce subcuprece, ciliis albidis. 



Female. Cinereous. Palpi blackish. Abdomen pale. Fore 

 wings purplish cupreous ; transverse lines blackish, double, undu- 

 lating, indistinct ; reniform spot also indistinct ; orbicular almost 

 obsolete ; discal mark silvery, oblique, long, narrow, linear, acumi- 

 nated at each end, with a cupreous inner border which contains a 

 whitish streak ; the wing about this streak is darker than elsewhere, 

 and contains some black streaks ; a row of blackish much attenuated 

 marginal lunules. Hind wings somewhat cupreous, with whitish 

 ciliae. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



67. Plusia detrusa. 



Mas. Cinerea ,• thorax fusco fasciatus ; alee anticce strigis basali- 

 bus et submarginaiibus nigris, fascia latissima media lineisque 

 duabus fuscis, linea submarginali undulata, orbiculari et reni- 

 formi pallido marginatis, ilia magna oblonga, litura discali 

 argentea postice guttam fuscam includente ; posticce lurido- 

 cinerece, margine lato fusco. 



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

 length of the second. Thorax with brown bands. Fore wings 

 with a black curved mark and two black streaks near the base, and 

 with some black submarginal streaks ; a very broad middle brown 



