LEPID0PTE11A HETEKOCERA. 923 



Hind wings somewhat aeneous, with whitish ciliae. Length of the 

 body 7 lines; of the wings 17 lines. 



«. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



76. Plusia spoliata. 



Foem. Cervina; thorax tegulis cristisque cano man/ inatis, abdo- 

 men palliate cinereum ; alee anticce subauratoe, fascia lata in- 

 termedia obliqua fusca albido marginata maculam reniformen 

 et strigam lanceolatam albido marginatas include rite, orbic ti- 

 tan obliqua elongata albido marginata, lineis duabus submar- 

 ginalibus angulosis lineaque marginali albidis ; posticce ceneo- 

 fuscce, basi cinerece. 



Female. Fawn-colour. Third joint of the palpi nearly half 

 the length of the second. Lappets and tufts of the thorax slightly 

 tipped with hoary. Abdomen pale cinereous. Fore wings slightly 

 gilded towards the base and about the exterior border ; intermediate 

 part occupied by a broad oblique brown band, which has whitish 

 borders, and includes the whitish bordered reniform spot aud discal 

 lanceolate streak ; orbicular spot also with a whitish border, oblique, 

 elongated ; two whitish angulose submarginal lines; marginal line 

 whitish. Hind wings aeneous-brown, cinereous towards the base. 

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



a, Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



77. Pltjsia vebticillata. 



Cana ; thorax fusco fasciatus ; abdomen albidum, apice sublux 

 nigrum ; alee anticce pallide purpurascentes, aureo varice, 

 lineis transversis obliquis maculisque duabus discalibus argen- 

 teis ; posticce fusco marginatce, ciliis albidis. 



Plusia verlicillata, Guen. Noct. ii. 344, 1108. 



Var.P Male and female. Cinereous. Head and the lappets 

 and tuits of the thorax somewhat luteous. Fore wings rosy cine- 

 reous, mostly gilded or cupreous-ferruginous; two silvery transverse 

 basal lines ] a double transverse undulating exterior ferruginous 

 line ; submarginal line, and the orbicular and reniform spots indis- 

 tinct or incomplete ; an almost marginal ferruginous line, which is 

 interrupted and macular hind ward ; interior angle very distinct, 

 with black ciliae ; the two discal marks brilliant silvery, approximate, 

 the one U-shaped, with a silvery disk, the other oval. Male. — Ab- 



4 k2 



