452 NOCTL'TDiE. 



aenus PHYTOMETRA. 



Type. 



Phytometra, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 254 (1809) fe&iucw. 



■^Phisia, Ochs. Scbmett. Eur. iv. p. 89 (1816), non clescr. nee 



Treit. 1826 cleaurata. 



Euchalcia, Hiibn. Verz. p. 250 (1827) variahilis. 



Agrapha, Hiibn. Verz. p. 250 (1827) e^'-ea. 



Panchrysia, Hiibn . Verz, p. 2.")2 (1827) dcaurafa. 



Biachrysia, Hiibn. Verz. p. 252 (1827) orichalcea. 



ChrijsaspicUa, Hiibu. Vei-z. p. 252 (1827) bractea. 



CAr'ysoc^m-is, Hiibn. Verz. p 252(1827) chcdcytes. 



Plusiotricka, Holl. P.-syebe, rii. p. 10 (l'J04) livida. 



Plusia, Hiibo. Tent, iued chrysitis. 



Proboscis fully doTeloped ; palpi upturned, tbe 2nd joint reacbing to vertex 

 of bead and moderately sealed, tbe 3rd ratber long ; frons smootb, with large 

 tuft of bair; eyes birge, round, overbung by lung cilia; antonnre of male 

 typically minutely ciliated ; tborax clotbed witb bair and hair-like scales, tbe 

 pii'fagiaVringed with long scales above, the meso- and metathorax witb large 

 divided crest; tibice fringed on outer side with rather long bair; abdomen 

 wil;h dorsal series of crests, tbe crests on 1st and 3rd segments larger. Fore 

 wing witb tbe oosta arcbed towards apex which is produced and acute, tbe 

 termen evenly curved and not crenulate, tbe toruus witb scale-tootb ; veins 3 

 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing 

 witb 8 to form tbe areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with tbe cell about balf 

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

 aiio-le ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



Sect. I. Antennfe of male bipeetinate witb ratber long branches, the apical 

 part ciliated, of female with serrations ending in bristles. 



8274. Phytometra pterylota. 



Plusia fierylcia, Meyr. Faun. Hawaii, iii. p. 348 (1904). 



J . Head and thorax bright rufous mixed mth some ochreous 

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

 and tegulse mostly scarlet ; abdomen whitish tinged with rufous, 

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

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

 costal area except towards base, the postmedial area, and the 

 terminal area towards tornus more piirplish 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 j^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 extremitj;^ ; reniform an oblique silvery-white bar 



* Plusia, Treit. Scbmett. Eur. v. (3) p. 134 (1826) type ameihystina has 

 precedence over Telesilla, Herr-Schaff. Cat. Lep. Pbal. B.M. vii. p. 587. 



