. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. LECCAXIA. 593 tinge, the ventral surface irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous, the veins whitish irrorated with fuscous; the antemedial line rejiresented b}f slight black points on the veins ; a minute streak at lower angle of cell; a postmedial series of slight points, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; the veins slightly streaked with fuscous at apex; cilia fuscous. Hind wing ochreous suffused with fuscous brown, especiallj^ towards termen; cilia whitish with some brown at base ; t
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. LECCAXIA. 593 tinge, the ventral surface irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous, the veins whitish irrorated with fuscous; the antemedial line rejiresented b}f slight black points on the veins ; a minute streak at lower angle of cell; a postmedial series of slight points, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; the veins slightly streaked with fuscous at apex; cilia fuscous. Hind wing ochreous suffused with fuscous brown, especiallj^ towards termen; cilia whitish with some brown at base ; the underside ochreous whitish slightly irrorated with brown. Hah. New Zealand, Blenheim, in Coll. Meyrick, Napier. Exii. 46 millim. Sect. IV. Antennse of male ciliated. A. Fore wing with the apex produced aud acute. 2043. Leucania sulcana. Leucania sulcana, Fereday, Trans. Inst. xii. p. 267, pi. ix. f. 3 (1880); Hudson, N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 13, pi. iv. ff. 19, 20. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with olive-brown ; palpi red- brown at sides ; a few black scales near upper edge of tegulse and. Fig. 170.—Leucania sulcana, (^. \. patagia; abdomen black-brown, the anal tuft and ventral surface ochreous. Fore wing ochreous, the costal edge fulvous; the inner area and the costal area towards apex with some dark irroration ; the veins pale ; the interspaces of terminal area streaked with reddish brown, a black streak in base of submedian fold followed by rufous suffusion above the fold ; a diffused rufous fascia above vein 4 ; a slight oblique streak above inner margin before middle ; a subbasal black point in cell; antemedial black points in cell and on vein 1 ; a point beyond lower angle of cell and postmedial points on veins 6, 3,1 ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing deep dark brown. Underside ochreous yellow suffused with fuscous brown except costal and inner areas of both wings. TegulBD somewhat produced to a dorsal ridge ; fore wing with the
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