LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 933 



95. Plusia secundaria. 



Pallide cinereo-fusca ; thorax fascia angusta albida; abdomen 

 pallide cinereum ,• alee albido ciliatee; anticce cinereee, au- 

 rata, extus -pallide subpurpurascentes, lineis duabus basali- 

 bus transversis interrupts, striga magna discali intus excavata, 

 gutta anteriore minima, striga arcuata contigua guttaque pos- 

 tica argenteis, linea submarginali fusca interrupta strigam 

 emittente ; posticce ameo-fuscce, basi pallida?. 



Allied to P. rogationis, but distinct. Pale cinereous-brown. 

 Thorax with a slender whitish band. Abdomen pale cinereous. 



\ Wings with whitish ciliae. Fore wings cinereous, mostly gilded ; 

 exterior part pale, with a lilac tinge; two interrupted transverse 



\ silvery lines near the base ; a large silvery discal streak, much exca- 

 vated on the middle of the fore side, and thus forming two lobes ; a 

 very minute silvery dot in front of the excavation, and near it 

 a curved silvery streak partly bordering the reniform spot ; another 

 silvery dot on the interior border ; subraarginal line brown, inter- 

 rupted, and emitting a streak towards the disk in the middle, 

 in front of which it is straight, whereas that of P. rogationis is an- 

 gular. Hind wings seneous-brown, pale towards the base. Length 

 of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a, b. Adelaide. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



c. Swan River. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



d. Australia. Presented by J. Hunter, Esq. 



e. Sydney. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 

 /. Australia. 



* ? 



New Zealand. 

 Group 1. 

 Like the fifth European group. 



96. Plusia eriosoma. 

 Purpureo-fusca ; caput et thorax anticus cervina ; abdomen fusco- 

 cinereum ; alee anticmaureo varies, plaga discali nigra, litura 

 hamata guttaque fusiformi discalibus argenteis ; posticce 

 cupreo-fusca , margine latissimo subobscuriore , ciliis pallidis. 



Plusia eriosoma, Doubleday, Dieffenbach's New Zealand, i. 285, 

 114. 



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