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SPECIES 7.—PLUSIA CIRCUMFLEXA. Puare LIL, Fic. 3, any Prater LI., Fre. 11. 
SY NON 9 5 5) , > . ’ S° ~ 
This species measures 14 inch in the expanse of the fore wings, which are varied with brown and ashy, and 
marked with a somewhat silvery mark, which extends from the base nearly to the middle of the wing, resembling 
a letter V as written rather than printed ; before and within the letter, the wings are ashy towards the costa ; 
the two terminal strigze are slender and pale, but distinct ; and the stigmata have a very pale edging. Very rare ; 
taken in Essex by Drury, and near Hull by Mr. Hewitson. The caterpillar is green, with a white lateral line 
edged above with brown, and with curved brown dorsal stripes. 
SPECIES 8.—PLUSIA CHALSYTIS. Puare LII., Fie. 4. 
Synonymes.— Noctua Chalsytis, Hiibner; Treitschke ; Godart, | Noctua Chalcites, Borkhausen. 
pl. 136, fig. 1; Duponchel; Boisduval; Curtis; Wood, Ind. Ent. Noctua Bengalensis, Rossi. 
pl. 54, fig. 52. 
This species has the wings finely varied with purple, rich brown, and golden yellow ; a broad oblique central 
brown band, on which are placed two white or pale buff spots ; behind which is a golden patch extending to the 
anal margin, and divided by the slender pale striga following the stigmata, which are not very distinct ; the 
subapical striga is much angulated, and preceded by an irregular brown bar. ‘This species is a native of Italy 
and the South of France ; and the only authority we have for its having occurred in this country, is a specimen 
found by the late Mr. Standish, in an old frame containing moths arranged ornamentally. 
SPECIES 9.—PLUSIA BILOBA, Sreruerns. 
Synonyme.—Plusia biloba, Stephens’ Illustrations, Haust. 3, 104. 
Expansion of the fore wings 1 inch and 5 lines. “ Fuscous tinged with purplish ; anterior wings of a rich 
purplish brown, with darker undulated strige, nearly as in Pl. Gamma ; at the base are several flexuous golden 
strige, and towards the costa, near the apex, is a mark of a similar hue resembling a reversed 9; in the centre 
of the wing is a large brilliant silvery patch, producing two lobes towards the costa; the rest of the wing and 
the posterior wings resemble those of Pl. Gamma,” Steph. op. cit. A single specimen, now in Mr. Stephens's 
collection (from that of Mr. Swainson), of which the locality is unknown, is the only authority for this species, 
of which no figure has been yet published. Mr. H. Doubleday considers it to be North American. 
SPECIES 10.—PLUSIA AURIFERA. Puare LII., Fie. 5. 
Synonyme.— Noctua aurifera, Hiibner ; Treitschke ; Duponchel ; Stephens ; Wood, Ind. Ent. pl. 10, fig. 403. 
This species measures 14 inch in the expanse of the fore wings, which are of a pale brown colour, with the 
stigmata and two basal strige slightly indicated, with a greenish gold patch in the middle of the wing somewhat 
lozenge-shaped, and which is dilated beyond the middle into a broad bar extending from the costa almost to the 
Very rare, if indeed the true Pl. Aurifera be really 
anal angle, followed by a slender yellowish subapical striga. 
G. Lyon, has been 
indigenous ; as the specimen in the British Museum, taken near Dover by the Rev. 
: Y ia . . c : al tue he 
considered as a singular variety of Pl. chrysitis, Pl. aurifera being described as a native of Spain, Portugal, t 
eee > r¢ 7 was formerly in 
South of France, Teneriffe, &c. Another specimen, supposed to have been taken near London, we j 
Mr. Ingpen’s collection. 


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