LEPIDOPTERA HETEKOCERA. 919 



hand, with a brown line on each side; submarginal line undulating, 

 interrupted by the black streaks ; orbicular and reniform spots with 

 pale borders, the former large and oblong 1 ; discal mark silvery, 

 irregularly Y-shaped, the fore part very open, the tail part dilated 

 and containing a brown dot. Hind wings lurid-cinereous, with 

 broad brown borders. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 

 lines. 



a. Monte Video. Presented by C. Darwin, Esq. 



68. Plusia fumifera. 



Mas. Fuscescenle-cinerea ; abdomen cinereum ; alee anticce niten- 

 tes, lineis duabvs undulatis interioribus, fascia media lata 

 extus pallido bimarginata lineaque submarginali awgulosa, 

 fuscis, orbiculari et reniformi indistinctis, litura discali e 

 annulis duabus argenteis,una subrotunda aperta, altera oblonya 

 parva ; postica? litrido-cinerea?, margine lato fusco, ciliis pal- 

 lidisfusco notatis. 



Male. Brownish cinereous. Third joint of the palpi full half 

 the length of the second. Abdomen cinereous. Fore wings shining, 

 with two interior undulating lines, a broad middle band, and the 

 zigzag submarginal line brown ; middle band with a double pale 

 exterior border ; orbicular and reniform spots indistinct; discal 

 mark consisting of two silvery ringlets, the one nearly round, open 

 in front, the other oblong, much smaller. Hind wings lurid-cine- 

 reous, with a broad brown border; cilia? pale, with brown marks. 

 Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 13 liues. 



a. Chili. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



69. Plusia? venateix. 



Fusca ; abdomen testaceum, vitta fusca ; alee antica? angustcr, 

 niqro conspersa, guttis discalibus rnaculaque apicali argenteis, 

 fascia tenui arcuata exteriore ferruginosa. margine exteriore 

 perobliquo ; postica fascia lata testacea. 



Phalaena-Noctua venatrix, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 244, pi. 400, f. K. 



Surinam. 



