LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 931 



91. Plusia nigriluna. 



Foem. Obscure fusca ; caput subtus album, lateribus posticis 

 luteis ; palporum articuli apice albo punctati ; antenna basi 

 alba ; abdomen cinereum ; ala antica purpurea tincta, aureo 

 varia, lineis transversis undulatis liturisque costalibus pallide 

 purpurascentibus, maculis oblongis marginalibus nigris, orbi- 

 culari et reniformi indistinctis, maculis duabus discalibus 

 ovatis argenteis micantibus; postica fuscce, basi pallida, 

 ciliis pallidis fusco notatis. 



Female. Dark brown. Head white beneath, luteous on each 

 side behind. Palpi stout, with a white point at the tip of each 

 joinl; third joint nearly half the length of the second. Antenna? 

 white at the base. Thorax and abdomen with high crests, the lat- 

 ter cinereous. Fore wings mostly tinged with purple, with some 

 brightly gilded marks ; interior and exterior lines undulating, pale 

 purplish, as are also some costal marks; some oblong black margi- 

 nal spots ; orbicular and reniform spots indistinct ; discal mark 

 consisting of two brilliant silvery slightly oval spots. Hind win«s 

 brown, pale at the base, and with pale brown-dotted cilia?. Length 

 of the body 5 lines; of the wings 13 lines. 



a Ceylon. Presented by R. Tcmpleton, Esq, 



92. Plusia Integra. 



Mas. Ferruginea ; vertex et thorax anticus lutei; abdomen cine- 

 reum ; ala antica fusca, aurata, linea exteriore obliqua 

 nigricanle, linea submarginali undulata nigricante, guttis dua- 

 bus discalibus argenteis micantibus, una ovata' parva altera 

 longi-ovata ; postica cinerea, margine lato aneo. 



Male. Ferruginous. Vertex of the head and fore part of the 

 thorax luteous. Third joint of the palpi less than half the length of 

 the second. Abdomen cinereous. Fore wings brown, gilded ; 

 marks indistinct, except an oblique blackish exterior line; submar- 

 ginal line blackish, undulating ; discal mark formed of two bright 

 silvery spots, the one oval, the other larger and elongate-oval. 

 Hind wings cinereous, with broad aeneous borders. Length of the 

 body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



Hindostan. In Mr. Saunders* collection. 



