454 noctuid.t;. 



(lefined 1)y lilack from costa and short oMique streak in suLniedian 

 intors])afc' ; antcniedial line silvery delined on eaeh side by blackisli, 

 angled outwards below eosta, then oblique sinuous ; the silvery 

 stigma consisting of a small lunule above median nervure and an 

 oblique mark below the cell, its upper edge produced iuAvards to a 

 point, its lower cxtremit}- rounded with a small round sjjut below 

 it ; reniform represented by a silvery bar forking above and below, 

 its upjxT outer arm very slight and" witli a small Idaek spot on its 

 inner side ; postmedial line silvery detined on each side by blackish, 

 sinuous from costa to vein 4, then ol)lique and waved, angled 

 inwards in submedian fold almost to the stigma, some pale jxiints 



Fig. 116. — Thi/tometra jjsccfroccra, c?. \. 



beyond it on eosta ; sul)terminal line rather diffused, blackish, 

 arising below costa, slightly angled outwards at vein 7, then 

 sinuous, below vein 4 oblique and with silvery-whitish suffusion 

 beyond it ; a terminal series of small black lunules slightly defined 

 on inner side by silvery-whitish; cilia with a line whitish line at 

 base. Hind wing dark reddish brown ; an indistinct dark post- 

 medial line oblique below vein 3, and diffused subterminal shade ; 

 the underside grey thickly irrorated with brown, the terminal area 

 suffused Avitli fuscous, traces of a medial line with dark discoidal 

 striga on it, and a diffused i)ostmedial line incurved below vein 3. 



Hab. Haavait, Maui, Campo Trail {F. W. Terry), 1 J type. 

 Exj). 44 millim. 



Sect. III. Auteiinse of male serrate. 



A. Fore wing Tiolaceons grey sliaclcd with browu lavciidula. 



B. Fore wing whitish eliaded with bright red-brown gcrda. 



S27G. Phytometra laveudula. 



Plnsia lavendula, Hnipsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 347 (1902). 



6 ._ Head and thorax broAvn mixed with white ; pal^ti with the 

 2nd joint brown at sides; a brown bar between antenna?; the 

 tips of teguhe, edges of patagia, and a line across their middle 

 violaceous white ; tarsi brown ringed with white ; abdomen white 

 faintly tinged with brown, the crests brown and white. Fore wing 



