LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 927 



84. PLUSIA ALBOSTRIATA ? 



Fusca ; palpi cinerei ; thorax cinereo fasciatus, antice luteus ; 

 abdomen cinereum ; alee anticce auratce ex parte purpureo- 

 glaucescentes fasciis lineisque fuscis, striga submarginali 

 nigricante, orbiculari indistincta, reniformi ex parte argenteo 

 marginata, maculis duabus discalibus elongatis lineaque inte- 

 riore obliqua argenteis, macula apud angulwn interiorem 

 lutea ; posticce cinerece, fuscescente marginatce. 



Plusia albostriata ? Bremer und Greg, Beitr. zur Schmett. Fauna 

 des Nordlichen- Chinas, 18, 97. Alee anticce cinereo fuscoque 

 varice, striga albida mediana inscripta ; posticce cinerece. 



This species is closely allied to P. biloba, and may be only a 

 variety of it. 



Brown. Palpi cinereous ; third joint nearly half the length of 

 the second. Thorax with gray bands, luteous in front. Abdomen 

 cinereous. Fore wings mostly gilded, partly glaucous, with a pur- 

 plish tinge; bands and transverse lines brown, much as usual; a 

 submarginal blackish streak; orbicular spot indistinct; reniform 

 with its border partly silvery ; discal mark silvery, brilliant, consist- 

 ing of two large subfusiform spots, the interior one joining an ob- 

 lique silvery line ; a luteous spot by the interior angle. Hind 

 wings cinereous, with brownish borders. Length of the body 7 

 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. North China. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 



85. Plusia furcifera. 



. Obscure cervina ; abdomen cinereum, cervino cristatum ; 

 alee anticce aurato-cervince, plaga discali nigricante, lineis 

 transversis pallidis angulosis duplicatis indistinctis, striya 

 brevi discali f areata annuloque argenteis, orbiculari obliqua 

 oblonga argenteo marginata ; reniformi indistincta ; margine 

 exteriore vix denticulato ; posticce cinerece, margine lato ceneo. 



Male. Dark fawn-colour. Abdomen cinereous, with high 

 fawn-coloured crests. Fore wings gilded fawn-colour, with a large 

 blackish patch in the disk ; transverse lines pale, zigzag, double, 

 indistinct ; a short discal silvery streak, forked at one end, near 

 which there is a silvery ringlet, and the latter is contiguous to the 

 orbicular spot, which is oblique and oblong, and also distinguished 



