LEPIDOPTER* HETEROCERA. 



«. Interior of South Africa. Presented bj the late Earl of Derby. 

 b. c. South Africa. Preseutevl by Dr. A. Smith. 

 d, e. Cape. From Iff. I .lection. 



/. Teneriffe. 



79. Pltsia iNCoycLUSA. 



Mas. Cineret ; thorax nigra vittalus ; alee antics nitentes, vix 

 metallica, macularum marginibus, Uriels trmuwtrsit und>. 

 strigayue discali nigris, striga ant riore, lituris submarginali- 

 bus gutlisque apui renifarmem albis, tinea submarginali fusca 

 vaga, lunulis marginalibus nigris, casta apicem versus albo 

 notata : posiica? nigra -ee new, basi albte, ciliis ex parte albis. 



Male. Cinereous. Palpi stout: third joint full half the 

 of the second. Thorax and abdomen with high crests, the former 

 with black bands. Fore win^s shining, hardly with metallic lustre, 

 with interior and exterior transverse undulating black lines; a 

 black longitudinal discal streak, along the fore side oi' which there 

 is a much less white streak ; orbicular and reniform spots with 

 black borders, the outline of the latter also marked by some white 



on the exterior side, the former almost round ; subtuargiuui 

 line brown, very irregular, accompanied by some whitish marks 

 row of black marginal lunules ; apical half of the costa with white 

 marks. Hind iriogs dark sneous, white towards the bas 

 white. Length of the body t> lines ; of the wings Id lines. 



This species differs much from most of the Plusi^e, and may 

 perhaps form a new genus. 



Port Xatal. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Madagascar. 

 Group I. 

 Like the third European group. 



80. Plus [a Florin a. 



P. aurifera? simillima ,• thorax antiee- r ufe seem ; ale? an tide 



m/S aitrata micnite tnargi?tern interiarem attin- 



gtnte guitun sem'tlitnatam includente, tiuculis obsoL 



Plusia Fiorina, Gaen. Noct. ii. 336, 1134. 

 Plusia aunfera ? B isd. Lep. \j\ul. 93. 



Madagascar. 



4 k3 



