. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. AKIATinSA. 401 excurvcd in cell; postracdial line double, sli^dilly l)ent outwards below costa, tlieii minutely waved, oblique and sli^btly angled inwards in submodian fold, some whitish points beyond it on costa ; subtenninal line brown, defined on inner side by somewhat dentate black marks from costa to vein 3, slightly exeurved below vein 7 and at middle; cilia tinged with fuscous. Hind wing reddish. â¢Fig. ion.âAriathisa comma, (^. ]. brown ; cilia with ochreous line at base followed by a brown line and white tips; the unde
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. AKIATinSA. 401 excurvcd in cell; postracdial line double, sli^dilly l)ent outwards below costa, tlieii minutely waved, oblique and sli^btly angled inwards in submodian fold, some whitish points beyond it on costa ; subtenninal line brown, defined on inner side by somewhat dentate black marks from costa to vein 3, slightly exeurved below vein 7 and at middle; cilia tinged with fuscous. Hind wing reddish. â¢Fig. ion.âAriathisa comma, (^. ]. brown ; cilia with ochreous line at base followed by a brown line and white tips; the underside white irrorated with brown, the inner and terminal areas tinged with brown, a slight blackish disc;» lunule, obli(iue postmedial line and, diffused subterminal band expanding into a diffused apical patch. 2 . Head, thorax, and fore wing Idackish glossed with grey, the last with the markings less prominent. Hub. N. Zealand (Churton, Colenso, Smith, Matliew, J. J. Walker, Hudson), 3 c?, 11 2 , type and type implexa, Dunedin (Purdie), 2 c?, 1 2 , ^Iarlhorough'(>;o/i), 2 6 , Auckland {), 2 J type jdusiata, Wellington, Blenheim, Christchurch, llakaia. Ea-p. 32- 40 millim. Larva. Hudson, New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 7, pi. 3. f. 11. Dark brown tinged with pink ; subdorsal area paler ; a series of oblique black streaks on each segment, the thoracic somites darker. Feeds on various low plants. 1. 4072. Ariathisa atra. (Plate CXXXII. fig. 13.) Agrotis atra, Guen. Noct. i. p. 272 (1852). Agrotis testaceicollis, Guen. Noct. i. p. 273 (1852). Agrotis cbiereicollis, Guen. Noct. i. p. 273 (1852). Agrotis restituta, Guen. Noct. i. p. 273(1852). Mamestra lucifcra, Wlk. (i(i3(1865). Xylina coUaris, Wlk. xxsiii. 752 (1865). Head and thorax black with a greyish gloss and slightly mixed â with grey; palpi black at base, whitish at tips ; tarsi fuscons ringed with whitish ; abdomen greyish brown. Fore wing black- brown with a greyish gloss ; subbu
Size: 2870px × 871px
Photo credit: © Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectmoths, bookyear1913
