. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. V.)2 XU< Tl'lD-K. Subsp. 1. $ . Smaller ; fore wing without the pule line at base of cilia. Nab. Canada, Vancouver I. (J. J. Walker), 1 $. Kq'. 30 uiillim. tienus AUSTRAMATHES, nov. Type, J. piirpiirrff. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi iipturiicd, tJie :.'iid joint reaching vertex of bead, fringed with long liair in front, the ord long; Irons sniootli ; eyes large, rounded ; antenn:v of female ciliated ; head and thorax smoothly clothed with linir and hair-like scales, the prothorax with large divided crest, the metathorax
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. V.)2 XU< Tl'lD-K. Subsp. 1. $ . Smaller ; fore wing without the pule line at base of cilia. Nab. Canada, Vancouver I. (J. J. Walker), 1 $. Kq'. 30 uiillim. tienus AUSTRAMATHES, nov. Type, J. piirpiirrff. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi iipturiicd, tJie :.'iid joint reaching vertex of bead, fringed with long liair in front, the ord long; Irons sniootli ; eyes large, rounded ; antenn:v of female ciliated ; head and thorax smoothly clothed with linir and hair-like scales, the prothorax with large divided crest, the metathorax with spreading cre^^t; pectus clothed with long hair ; aljdomen with some rough hair at base but wituout crests. Fore wing ratiier broad, the ternicn evenly curved ; veins 3 and .'» from near angle of ceil ; 15 from upper angle ; 'J from It) anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with \eins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; .3 obsolescent from just below middle of disco- , 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 2715. Aiistramathes purpurea. OrriphtpJwra purpuna. Euil. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 4'JU (1S70); Iludsou, New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 8, pi. v. f. '.'j1. Xantlna ccra„iod<s, Mcyr. Trans. N. Z. Inst. xix. ]). 31 (1887). 2 . Head and thorax deep purple-red with a few white scales ; palpi in front; tcg-uUc and ])rothoracic crest tipped with ; pectus rufous ; abdomen red-brown, paler at base, darker at extremity. Fore wiug deep purple-red, irrorated with a few white scales; subbasal line represented by Avhite points below. Fig. lOo.—AunfmiiialJics pi(rj>urca, $. }. costa and cell: antcmedial line indistinct, defined by white scales, oblicjue, dentate : an obli(iuc white and black line across cell repre- senting outer edge of orbicular, connected by a U-shaped mark with black-brown spot in it with the reniform which is defined by Avhite, small and constricted at middle, partly o])en below and with
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