PHTSETTCA. 



445 



A. Fore wing blue-grey cmrulea,^ 



B. Fore wing purplish red, tlie hind wing purplish pink vindetnialis. 



C. Fore wing rufous, the hind wing reddish ochreous micrasta. 



1786. Physetica caerulea. 



Agrofis cmrnlca, Guen. Ent. Mo. Mag. v. p. 38 (1868); Hudson, New 

 Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 8, pi. iv. f. 7. 



S . Head and thorax blue-grey irrorated with whitish ; palpi 

 below, pectus, legs, and abdomen ochreous yellow, the dorsal crest 

 grey. Fore wing blue-grey irrorated with whitish ; subbasal line 

 indistinct, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line 

 indistinct, double, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then angled 

 inwards on vein 1 ; faint traces of orbicular and reniform stigmata 

 defined by white ; an indistinct medial shade ; postmedial line 



Fig. 123. — Fhysctica ccerulea, S. \. 



indistinct, double, dentate and produced to white points on the veins, 

 bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; 

 traces of a whitish subterminal line slightly defined by fuscous 

 on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. 

 Hind wing fuscous, the basal and inner areas yellowish ; under- 

 side yellowish white. 



2 . With less of the yellow tinge. 



Hab. New Zealand, (./. J. Wall-er) 1 S , 1 $ , Marlborough 

 (Shellon, Mnrsden, Maiheiv), 2 cJ , 1 $ , jST. Island, Wellington, 

 S. Island, Blenheim, Rakaia. Exp. 44 millim. 



1787. Physetica vindemialis. (Plate XCI. fig. 2.) 



Ceramica vindeinialis, Guen. Noct. i. p. 344 (1852) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. 

 N. Am. p. 205. 



2 . Head and thorax purple-red, the hairs slightly tipped with 

 grey (abdomen wanting). Fore wing purple-red, very slightly 

 irrorated with grey ; subbasal line obsolete ; faint traces of a 

 curved greyish antemedial line ; orbicular obsolete ; reniform repre- 

 sented by traces of a discoidal lunule and fuscous spot at lower 

 angle of cell ; traces of a dentate postmedial lino, bent outwards 

 below costa, excurved to vein 4, tlien incurved ; faint traces of a 

 subterminal line. Hind wing purplish pink, the cilia pale ; the 

 underside white thickly irrorated with purplish pink. 



