934 CATALOGUE OF 



a — e. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



/, g. New Zealand. Presented by the Eev. W. Colenso. 



h — k. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Sinclair. 



/, m. New Zealand. From Capt. Parry's collection. 



n\ o. New Zealand. Presented by Capt. James C. Ross. 



Country unknown. 



97. Plusia gemmifera. 



Nigra ; caput album; thorax et alee anticce coloribus micantibus 

 iridescentibus metallicis ornatce ; aim anticce apud marginem 

 exteriorem obscure cupreo-rufce nigro guttata, fusciis tribus 

 indeterminatis albis, fascia 3a abbreviata guttisque nonnullis 

 albis contiguis, maculis discalibus obsoletis, guttis submargi- 

 nalibus auratis ; posticce alba?, cupreo marginatum. 



Black. Thorax and fore wings adorned with brilliant irides- 

 cent metallic colours. Head white. Third joint of the palpi lan- 

 ceolate, hardly one-third of the length of the second. Abdomen 

 with black crests. Fore wings dark cupreous-red and dotted with 

 black towards the exterior border, adorned with three very irregular 

 white bands ; third band not extending to half the breadth from the 

 costa, where it is accompanied by some white dots : the discal spots 

 obsolete ; a row of submarginal gilded dots. Hind wings white, 

 with cupreous borders, which are broadest towards the tips. Wings 

 beneath with a blackish discal dot on each ; hind wings with an in- 

 complete blackish band. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 

 14 lines. 



This species recedes far from most of the others of this genus, 

 and seems to be allied to the Hadenida. 



■? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Genus 4. THYRIA. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis breviuscula. Palpi validi, oblique 

 ascendentes ; articulus 3us 2i dimidio multo brevior. Antennae 

 simplices, validae, corporis dimidio fere breviores. Thorax squamo- 

 sus. Abdomen longiusculum, apice attenuatum, alas posticas sat 

 superans. Pedes validi, pilosissimi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus lon- 

 gissimis. Alae anticae maculis auratis vel argenteis, apud costam 

 rectae, apice acuta?, marginae exteriore saepissime denticulato ; pos- 

 ticae luteas, margine obscuro. 



