454 NOCTUIDiE. 



defined by black from eosta and short oblique streak in submedian 

 interspace ; antemedial line silvery defined on each side by blackish, 

 angled outwards below costa, then oblique sinuous ; the silvery 

 stigma consisting o£ a small lunule above median nervure and an 

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

 point, its lower extremity rounded with a small round spot beloAv 

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

 its upper outer arm very slight and with a small black spot on its 

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

 sinuous from costa to vein 4, then oblique and waved, angled 

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



Fig. 116. — TJi^tomeira pscctrocxra, (^ . \. 



beyond it on costa ; subterminal line rather diffused, blackish, 

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

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

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

 on inner side by silverj^- whitish ; cilia with a fine 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 with fuscous, traces of a medial line with dark discoidal 

 striga on it, and a diffused postmedial line incurved below vein 3. 



Rah. Hawaii, Maui, Campo Trail {F. W. Terry), 1 J type. 

 Exp. 44 millim. 



SiiCT. III. AntemifB of male serrate. 



A. Fore wing Tiolaceou-S grey shaded with browu lavendula. 



33. Fore wing wliitish shaded with bright red-brown gerda. 



8276. Phytometra lavendula. 



Thcsia lavendula, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 347 (1902). 



6 . Head and thorax brown mixed with white ; palpi mth the 

 2nd joint brown at sides ; a brown bar between antenna3 ; the 

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

 violaceous white ; tarsi brown ringed with Avhite ; abdomen white 

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



