922 CATALOGUE OF 



74. Plusia indicator. 



Mas. Cinerea ; caput et thorax fusco varia ; alee anticce disco 

 lineaque submarginali aneo-fuseis, lituris basalibus strigisque 

 tribus snbmnrginalibus nigris, lineis duabus (una basali, altera 

 exteriore subundulata) et reniformis margine ex parte argen- 

 teis, litura discali argentea obliqua Y formi guttam includente, 

 lunulis marginalibus fuscis ; posticce cerieo-fusca, basi ciliis- 

 que albidis. 



Male, Cinereous. Head and thorax varied with pale brown. 

 Third joint of the palpi full half the length of the second. Fore 

 wings with some black marks at the base, mostly aeneous-brown in 

 the disk, and with an aeneous-brown submarginal line, which joins 

 three black streaks; two transverse silvery lines, one near the base, 

 the other exterior and slightly undulating ; border of the reniform 

 spot partly silvery; discal silvery mark oblique, somewhat Y-shaped r 

 the open part with a whitish disk ; two marginal lines, the outer one 

 darker than the other, and composed of much attenuated lunules. 

 Hind wings pale aeneous-brown, whitish towards the base, and with 

 whitish cilia?. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Kichardson. 



75. Plusia acuta. 



Foem. Fuscescente-cervina, subtus pallida; thorax antice palli- 

 dior nigroque interrupte fasciatus, tegularum et cristarum 

 marginibus canis ; ala antica aurata, nigro subconspersce, 

 basi costa margineque exteriore roseo-cinereis, lineis duabus 

 argenteis, una interiore strigaque rosea conjunctis, altera exte- 

 riore, orbiculari et reniformi indistinctis, litura argentea mi- 

 can te e maculis duabus, una Ian ceo lata, altera subpyriformi ; 

 postica subanece, ci/iis albidis. 



Female. Brownish fawn-colour, pale beneath. Thorax paler, 

 and with an interrupted black band in front ; lappets and crests 

 with slightly hoary borders. Abdomen pale. Fore wings slightly 

 and minutely speckled with black, mostly gilded, mostly pale cine- 

 reous, with a slightly rosy tinge at the base and along the costa, and 

 along the exterior border, and with a marginal spot of the same 

 hue near the interior angle; two transverse silvery lines, the one in- 

 terior and accompanied by a rosy streak, the other exterior; orbicu- 

 lar and reniform spots indistinct; discal mark composed of two 

 brilliant silvery spots, the one lanceolate, the other subpyriform. 



