. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. PHTSETTCA. 445 A. Fore wing blue-grey cmrulea,^ B. Fore wing purplish red, tlie hind wing purplish pink vindetnialis. C. Fore wing rufous, the hind wing reddish ochreous micrasta. 1786. Physetica caerulea. Agrofis cmrnlca, Guen. Ent. Mo. Mag. v. p. 38 (1868); Hudson, New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 8, pi. iv. f. 7. S. Head and thorax blue-grey irrorated with whitish; palpi below, pectus, legs, and abdomen ochreous yellow, the dorsal crest grey. Fore wing blue-grey irrorated with whitish ; subbasal line indistinct, wav
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. PHTSETTCA. 445 A. Fore wing blue-grey cmrulea,^ B. Fore wing purplish red, tlie hind wing purplish pink vindetnialis. C. Fore wing rufous, the hind wing reddish ochreous micrasta. 1786. Physetica caerulea. Agrofis cmrnlca, Guen. Ent. Mo. Mag. v. p. 38 (1868); Hudson, New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 8, pi. iv. f. 7. S. Head and thorax blue-grey irrorated with whitish; palpi below, pectus, legs, and abdomen ochreous yellow, the dorsal crest grey. Fore wing blue-grey irrorated with whitish ; subbasal line indistinct, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line indistinct, double, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1; faint traces of orbicular and reniform stigmata defined by white; an indistinct medial shade; postmedial line. Fig. 123.—Fhysctica ccerulea, S. \. indistinct, double, dentate and produced to white points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; traces of a whitish subterminal line slightly defined by fuscous on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. Hind wing fuscous, the basal and inner areas yellowish ; under- side yellowish white. 2 . With less of the yellow tinge. Hab. New Zealand, (./. J. Wall-er) 1 S, 1 $, Marlborough (Shellon, Mnrsden, Maiheiv), 2 cJ, 1 $ , jST. Island, Wellington, S. Island, Blenheim, Rakaia. Exp. 44 millim. 1787. Physetica vindemialis. (Plate XCI. fig. 2.) Ceramica vindeinialis, Guen. Noct. i. p. 344 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 205. 2 . Head and thorax purple-red, the hairs slightly tipped with grey (abdomen wanting). Fore wing purple-red, very slightly irrorated with grey; subbasal line obsolete; faint traces of a curved greyish antemedial line ; orbicular obsolete ; reniform repre- sented by traces of a discoidal lunule and fuscous spot at lower angle of cell; traces of a dentate postmedial lino, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, t
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