V'24 CATALOGUE OF 



domen with black apical tufts. Discal marks of the fore wings 

 slightly gilded. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Silhet. From the Kev. J. Stain forth's collection. 



b. North India. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



c. North India. From Mr. James' collection. 



d. North India. Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. 



e. China. Presented by G. T. Laye, Esq. 



/. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 

 </, h. Java. From the East India Company's collection. 

 i. Port Natal. From Mr. Plant's collection. 

 L k. Australia. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 



/, m. ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



n. ? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



o — r. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



Var. Hind silvery mark very small and narrow. 

 Australia. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 



78. Plusia patefacta. 



Cinereo-fusca ; thorax fasciis duabus nigricantibus ; abdomen 

 cinereum ; alee anticce cinerea, ex parte ceneo-fusca, fasciis 

 angulosis pallide cinereis ex parte nigro marginatis, interiore 

 et exteriore duplicates, strigis submarginalibus lunulisque 

 marginalibus nigris, lineis duabus marginalibus albidis, orbi- 

 culari et reniformi argenteo submarginatis, ilia obliqua valde 

 elongata, litura argentea U subformi ; posticce cinerea, mar- 

 gine latissimo aneo-fusco, ciliis albidis. 



Cinereous-brown. Third joint of the palpi short. Thorax 

 with two blackish bands. Abdomen cinereous. Fore wings cine^ 

 reous, partly seneous-brown ; bands zigzag, pale cinereous, partly 

 bordered with black ; interior and exterior bands double, almost ob- 

 solete in front ; submarginal band bordering some black streaks; 

 two whitish lines and a row of attenuated black lunules along the 

 margin; orbicular and reniform with slight incomplete silvery 

 borders ; orbicular oblique, much elongated ; reniform much exca- 

 vated on its exterior side ; an irregularly U-shaped silvery mark, 

 joining the interior band and the orbicular spot. Hind wings cine, 

 reous, with very broad aeneous -brown borders; cilia? whitish, 

 Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 15 lines, 



