452 NOCTUID.?:. 



Genus PHYTOMETRA. 



Type. 



Th/iomclra, ITaw. Lcji. Brit. p. 254 ( 1809) fcstiiccB. 



*riuda, Oclis. Sc'hinett. Eur. iv. p. 89 (1816), non descr. nco 



Treit. 1820 deaurata. 



Eiichakia, Hiibii. Vcrz. ]). 250 (1S27) variabilis. 



Afjrap/ia, Iliibn. Verz. p. 250 (1827) cerea. 



I'd nchrt/sia, Hiibn . Verz, p. 252 (1827 ) , deaurata. 



Diachrysia, Iluhn. Verz. p. 252 (1827) orichalcea. 



ChrijsaspiJia, lliibii. Verz. p. 252 (1827) bract ca. 



Chri/sodcixis, Iliibn. Verz. p 252(1827) chalcyies, 



Vlmiotricha, IIoll. Psyche, Tii. p. 10 (l'J04) livid'a. 



Flusia, lli'ibn. Tent, ined chri/sitis. 



Probosoi.s fully developed ; pulpi upturned, the 2nd joint reacliing to vertex 

 of liead and moderately scaled, the 3rd rather long; frons smooth, with large 

 tuft of hair; eyes hn-ge, round, overhung by long cilia; antenna; of male 

 typically minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales, the 

 ])itagia fringed witli long scales above, the nieso- and metathorax with largo 

 (iividcd crest; tibiaj fi-inged on outer side with rather long liair ; abdomen 

 Avith dorsal sei-ies of crests, tlie crests on 1st and 3rd segments larger. Fore 

 wing with the oosta arched towards apex which is produced and acute, the 

 lermen evenly curved and not crenulate, the tornus witli scale-tooth ; veins 8 

 and 5 from near angle of cell ; from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing 

 witl) 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about half 

 the length of wing; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from just above 

 angle ; G, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the Cdll near base only. 



Sect. I. Antenna; of male bipectinate with rather long branches, the apical 

 part ciliated, of female with serrations ending in bristles. 



8274. Phyfcometra pterylota. 



riusia pten/Iota, Jfcyr. Faun. Hawaii, iii. p. 348 (190J). 



J . Head and thorax bright rufous mixed Avith some oehrcous 

 and dark brown, some of the scales tipped with Avliite ; palpi, frons, 

 and tegailaj mostly scarlet ; abdomen whitish tinged with rufous, 

 the crests riifous tipped with brown and grey. Fore wing golden 

 yellow suffused in parts with scarlet and irrorated with brown, the 

 costal area except towards base, the i^ostniedial area, and the 

 terminal area towards tornus more purplish grey ; subbasal line 

 represented by an oblique brown striga from costa defined on outer 

 side by golden yellow ; antemedial line brown defined on inner side 

 by golden 3'ellow, angled outwards below costa, interrupted in cell, 

 then oblique and slightly retracted to inner margin ; a curved 

 silvery-white mark defined by brown at origin of vein 2, extending 

 into the cell and with round silvery-white spot defined by brown 

 beyond its lower extremity ; reniform an oblique silvery-white bar 



* J'timn, Trcir. Schmett. Fur. v. (3) p. 134 (182''>) type nmcthi/xtimt lins 

 precedence over Tilcdila, Ilerr-Scliiiff. Cat. Lep. IMial. 15. M. vii. p. 587. 



