. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Moths. 1128, Erana graniinosa. Erana gramhwsa, Wlk. xi. 005 (1S57). Emna vigens, Wlk. xxxiii. 743 (1865). cJ. Head and tliorax golden green; tegulse with rather darker medial line ; tibiao and tarsi with dark bands; abdomen ochreous, dorsally tinged with fuscous, the crests reddish. Fore wing golden sap-green sparselj- irrorated with black; subbasal line represented by double black strife from costa and cell, the antemedial line by double black striae from costa and from submedian fold to inner margin ; claviform and orbic
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Moths. 1128, Erana graniinosa. Erana gramhwsa, Wlk. xi. 005 (1S57). Emna vigens, Wlk. xxxiii. 743 (1865). cJ. Head and tliorax golden green; tegulse with rather darker medial line ; tibiao and tarsi with dark bands; abdomen ochreous, dorsally tinged with fuscous, the crests reddish. Fore wing golden sap-green sparselj- irrorated with black; subbasal line represented by double black strife from costa and cell, the antemedial line by double black striae from costa and from submedian fold to inner margin ; claviform and orbicular absent: traces of a waved medial line; reniform pale greenish, slightly defined by black and with brown spot on its lower part; postmedial line double, bent out- wards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly angled. Fig. 3.—Erana graminom, ^. \. inwards in submedian fold and excurved again, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line diffused, pale, oblique from costa to vein 7, excurved at middle and angled inwards in sub- median fold ; a terminal series of pale and dark striae. Hind wing red suffused with fuscous brown, leaving the termen green from costa to vein 2 ; a terminal series of brown striae ; the underside with the basal half pale, an indistinct curved postmedial line. 5 . Hind wing with less green on termen. Hal. New Zealand {J. J. Walker), 1 c?, Otago (Huiton), 1 J, Duncdin (Furdie), 1 J, Wellington {Churton, Oxley), 2 d", type and type vigens. Exp. 34 millim. Larva. Hudson, New Zealand Moths and Butterflies, p. 28, pi. 3. f. 8. Bright green, darker in front; dorsal, subdorsal, and lateral white lines ; eight series of shining black warts, each with several stout black bristles ; head yellowish brown, with some black dots. After the last moult it is pale green marbled with dark green, often with white lateral line and indistinct series of oblique green stripes ; often pinkish brown, with two or three rows of pale spots. Food- plant, Me
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