Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand . Hind-wings brown, darker towards line at base. Tips grey-white. Taken at Whakarewarewa, North Island, on the 15th February, 1910,by Dr. G. B. Longstaff, , whom I have to thank for the privilegeof describing this moth. The well-defined line below reniform and orbicular readily distin-guishes this from phricias, which it is very close to—much closer thanM. longstaff ii. Neither has it the ferruginous markings of the latter. Morrisonia pascoei sp. now 6\ 38-40 mm. ; ?, 36-38 mm. 6*. Antennae filiform, reddish-brown. Palpi, legs
Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand . Hind-wings brown, darker towards line at base. Tips grey-white. Taken at Whakarewarewa, North Island, on the 15th February, 1910,by Dr. G. B. Longstaff, , whom I have to thank for the privilegeof describing this moth. The well-defined line below reniform and orbicular readily distin-guishes this from phricias, which it is very close to—much closer thanM. longstaff ii. Neither has it the ferruginous markings of the latter. Morrisonia pascoei sp. now 6\ 38-40 mm. ; ?, 36-38 mm. 6*. Antennae filiform, reddish-brown. Palpi, legs, and face reddish-brown. Thorax and crests reddish-brown with slight fuscous in well developed. Abdomen slightly fuscous, with crests strong;ochreous at sides. Anal tuft well developed, reddish-ochreous. Forewingsred-brown with fuscous markings. Subbasai line double, very indistinct;a double line at J, also indistinct; another before reniform, more plainlymarked towards dorsum. Two faint jagged lines, then faint subterminal line. ?.fORRlSONIA PASCOEI. X 2. hardly traceable at apex but outlined by a dark suffusion on both sidesat about vein 7, then forming two nearly equal dentate marks, thenagain suffused on both sides at about vein 3 to close to tornus. Reni-form deep fuscous, slightly edged on outer side with a thin ochre obsolete. Veins faintly marked with fuscous. Cilia light 206 Transactions. reddish-brown, with a lighter line at base. Hindwings fnscous-brownwith red-brown suffusion along termen. Cilia red-brown, with ochreousline at base, and ochreous tips. Discoidal lunule shows faintly. $. Forewings pale ochreous. Marks as in male, but slightly lessdefined. Cilia lighter than in male. Hindwings lighter than in male. The underside of both sexes is well marked with a well - definedreniform marking and discoidal lunule, also a well-defined line at about| passing right across both wings. In both sexes varieties occur witha strong fuscous suf
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