. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. LEUCAXIA. 591 Sect. 11. Antenna; of male bipeetinate with moderate branches, the apex serrate. A. Fore wing with the vpiiis fuscous,, not irrnrated with pale scales toroneura. B. Fore wing with tiie veins fuscous, irrorated with pale scales. a. Hind wing with the cilia ochreous unica. b. Hind wing with the cilia white, tinged with ochreous at base dttnedinends. *2038. Leiicania toroneura. (Plate XCVI. fig. 1.) Leucania toroneura, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1901, p. 565. S. Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish ochreous tinged with f
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. LEUCAXIA. 591 Sect. 11. Antenna; of male bipeetinate with moderate branches, the apex serrate. A. Fore wing with the vpiiis fuscous,, not irrnrated with pale scales toroneura. B. Fore wing with tiie veins fuscous, irrorated with pale scales. a. Hind wing with the cilia ochreous unica. b. Hind wing with the cilia white, tinged with ochreous at base dttnedinends. *2038. Leiicania toroneura. (Plate XCVI. fig. 1.) Leucania toroneura, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1901, p. 565. S. Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish ochreous tinged with fulvous, the last with the ventral surface irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing brownish ochreous with a slight fulvous tinge ; the veins prominently streaked with fuscous. Hind wing ochreous suflTused with fuscous ; cilia ochreous white ; the underside pale brownish ochreous, the veins slightly streaked with fuscous. Hah. New Zealand, Mt. Cook, typef c? in Ev2i. 34 millim. This may be a variety of L. unica. 2039. Leucania unica. Leucania unica, Wlk. ix. 112 (1856); Hudson, N. Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 12, pi. iv. f. 17. Nonagria juncicolor, Guen. Ent. Mo. Mag. v. p. 2 (1868). Head and thorax brownish ochreous with a slight fulvous tinge; abdomen brownish ochreous, whitish at base. Fore wing brownish. Fig. 168.—Leucania unica, (j". \. ochreous with a fulvous tinge ; the veins slightly streaked with fuscous ; the anteniedial line represented by black points on sub- costal and median nervures and vein 1 ; the postmodial line represented by a series of black points on the veins excurved from costa to vein 4, then oblique. Hind wing pale brownish more or less strongly suffused with fuscous, the cilia ochreous; the under- side greyish ochreous irrorated with fuscous. Hah. New Zealand, Marlborough (Skellon), 3 c?, 15, type. Exp. 34 millim. 2040. Leucania dunedinensis. (Plate XCVI. fig. 2.) Spislotis dunedinensis, Butl. ?ined. cf . Head, thorax, and abdome
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