. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. ARIATHTSA. 401 excurvcd in cell; postmedial line double, slightly bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, oblique and slightly angled inwards in submedian fold, some whitish points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line brown, defined on inner side by somewhat dentate black marks from costa to vein 3, slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle; cilia tinged Avith fuscous. Hind wing reddish. Fig. 105.—Ariaihisa comma, (^. i. brown ; cilia with ochreous line at base followed by a brown line and white tips ; the undersi
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. ARIATHTSA. 401 excurvcd in cell; postmedial line double, slightly bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, oblique and slightly angled inwards in submedian fold, some whitish points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line brown, defined on inner side by somewhat dentate black marks from costa to vein 3, slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle; cilia tinged Avith fuscous. Hind wing reddish. Fig. 105.—Ariaihisa comma, (^. i. brown ; cilia with ochreous line at base followed by a brown line and white tips ; the underside v/hite irrorated with brown, the inner and terminal areas tinged with brown, a slight blackish discoidal lunule, oblique postmedial line and, diffused subterminal band expanding into a diffused apical patch. 5 . Head, thorax, and fore wing blackish glossed with grey, the last with the markings less prominent. Ilab. jST. Zealand (Ghurton, Colenso, Smith, Alatheiu, J. J. Walker, Hudson), 3 c?, 11 2 , type and type implexa, Dunedin (Purdie), 2 cJ , 1 $ , Marlborough (Skelton), 2 d , Auckland (), 2 J type plusiata, Wellington, Blenheim, Christchurch, Eakaia. Exp. 32- 40 millim. Larva. Hudson, New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 7, pi. 3. f. 11. Dark brown tinged with pink ; subdorsal area paler ; a series of oblique black streaks on each segment, the thoracic somites darker. Feeds on various low plants, 1. 4072. AriatMsa atra. (Plate CXXXII. fig. 13.) Agrotis atra, Guen. Noct. i. p. 272 (1852). Agrotis testaceicoUis, Gueu. Noct. i. p. 273 (1852). Agrotis clnereicollis, Guen. Noct. i. p. 273 (1852). Agrotig restWuta, Guen. Noct. i. p. 273(1852). Mamestra lucifera, Wlk. xxxii. (i6S (1865). Xylina coUaris, Wlk. xxxiii. 752 (1865). Head and thorax black with a greyish gloss and slightly mixed with grey; palpi black at base, whitish at tips ; tarsi fuscous ringed with whitish ; abdomen greyish brown. Pore wing black- brown with a greyish gloss ; subbasal line represente
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