The neutron capture cross sections of 240Pu and 242Pu were measured in the energy range from 50 to 250 keV, using 197Au as a standard. Neutrons were produced via the T(p,n) reaction with the Karlsruhe 3-MV pulsed Van de Graaff accelerator. Capture events were detected by a Moxon-Rae detector. A flight path as short as 66 mm was used in the measurements to obtain a sufficient signal-to-background ratio. An overall uncertainty of 7 to 11% was obtained for 240Pu and of 10 to 15% for 242Pu. In the region of overlap between 50 and 90 keV, the presented data agree with our previous results. They confirm the existing data for 240Pu. Discrepancies up to 30% for 240Pu and 242Pu were found in the evaluated ENDF/B-IV files while KEDAK 3 fits reasonably well to the experimental data.