928 CATALOGUE OF 



by its silvery outline ; reniform spot indistinct ; exterior border 

 hardly denticulated ; ciliae short. Hind wings cinereous, with 

 broad aeneous borders. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 

 lines. 



a. b. North India. From Mr. James' collection. 



86. Plusia ciliarts. 



Mas. Cinereo-fusca ; thorax fasciis pallidioribus ; abdomen cine- 

 reurn ; alee anticce ceneo-fuscce, fasciis tribus undulatis dupli- 

 catis albidis, linea submarginali pallida undulata, lineis sub- 

 marginalibus exterioribns albidis, lunulis marginalibus nigris, 

 striga discali pallida lanceolata, orbiculari et reniformi ar- 

 genteo submarginatis, orbiculari obliqua elongata, ciliis 

 albidis fusco intertineatis ; postica pallide cinerece, margine 

 lato subameo. 



Male. Cinereous-brown. Thorax with paler bands. Abdo- 

 men cinereous. Fore wings aeneous-brown, with three undulating 

 double whitish bands; first and second interior; third exterior; 

 submarginal line pale, undulating, irregular; two whitish lines 

 between it and the exterior border, on which there is a row of elon- 

 gated black lunules ; ciliae broad, pale ; a lanceolate pale discal 

 streak, which, like the orbicular and reniform spots, has a slightly 

 silvery border ; orbicular spot oblique, much elongated ; veins 

 partly pale. Hind wings pale cinereous, with broad slightly aeneous 

 borders; ciliae whitish, slightly interlined with brown, as are also 

 those of the fore wings. Length of the body 5^ lines ; of the wings 

 13 lines. 



a. Nepaul. Presented by W. W. Saunders' Esq. 



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



87. Plusia nigkisigna. 



Foero. Subcervino-cinerea ; alee anticce pallide cinerea?, ex parte 

 aurata auf. cupreo-ferruginece, lineis transversis argenteis, 

 striga basali gut ta que discali nigris, linea submarginali fusca 

 angulosa, reniformi ex parte nigra argenteo subrnarginata, 

 lituris discalibus argenteis, una U formi, altera fusiformi 

 parva, ciliis lads fusco striga tis ; postica cinerece, margine 

 lato cupreo, ciliis albidis. 



Female. Cinereous, slightly fawn-colour. Third joint of the 

 palpi about half the length of the second. Fore wings pale cine- 



