NOCTUID.T:. 



1128. Erana graminosa. 



Erana graminosa, Wlk. xi. 605 (1857). 

 Emna vigens, Wlk. xxxiii. 743 (1865). 



d . Head and thorax golden green ; tegulae with rather darker 

 medial line ; tibise and tarsi with dark bands ; abdomen ochreous, 

 dorsally tinged with fuscous, the crests reddish, Foi'e wing golden 

 sap-green sparsely irrorated with black ; subbasal line represented 

 by double black strioe from costa and cell, the antemedial line by 

 double black strise 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, exourved to vein 4, then strongly angled 



Pig. 3. — Erana graminosa, J' . \. 



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 strite. Hind wino- 

 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 witli less green on termen. 



Hah. New Zealand {J. J. Wall-er), 1 <S , Otago {Hidton), 1 J , 

 Dunedin (Purdie), 1 J, Wellington {Churton, Oxleg), 2 J', type 

 and type vkiens. 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 Avith 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, Melicytus ramijioriis. 4-10. 



Genus TRICHESTRA, nov. 



Type, T. arhuticolens. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with hair 

 in front, the 3rd moderate ; irons smooth ; eyes large, overhung by cilia ; 

 antenna ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with hair and scales, the pro- and 



