1502 



CATALOGUE OF 



Var. y. Fcem. Nigricante-cinerea ; ala anticce nigra, spatio 

 margmali ex parte cinereo, lineis duabus basalibus approxi- 

 mates undulalis lineaque exteriore undulata denticulata albidis, 

 striga postice ochracea. 



Female. Blackish, whitish cinereous beneath, rather slender. 

 -Palpi porrect, densely fringed, a little shorter than the breadth of 

 the head; third joint lanceolate, less than half the length of the 

 second. Antennae slender. Thorax whitish on each side. Abdo- 

 men cinereous, slightly attenuated, extending beyond the hind 

 wings. Fore wings with iridescent metallic streaks in the disk; part 

 ot the base, three undulating bands and two discal dots whitish ; 

 first band broad, furcate in front and hindward ; second much bent; 

 third interrupted ; marginal points whitish, elongated ; fringe dark 

 cinereous, interlined. Hind wings cinereous, iridescent, slightly 

 hyaline; marginal space darker, including a denticulated cinereous 

 submargmal line. Length of the body 4— b\ lines; of the win ff s 

 10—12 lines. 8 



Var. p. Fcem. Blackish cinereous, pale cinereous beneath. 

 Abdomen brownish cinereous ; hind borders of the segments pale 

 cinereous. Fore wings white, with some blackish basal streaks and 

 with a black very broad middle band, which is dilated in front and 

 is connected with an ochraceous hinder patch ; a black patch on the 

 exterior border nearlv connected with the band; marginal points 

 black. Hind wings cinereous, with aeneous reflections ; under side 

 with a blackish discal streak, and a blackish exterior denticulated 

 and undulating line. 



Var. y. Female. Fore wings black, partly cinereous hindward 

 and about the exterior border ; two whitish approximate oblique 

 and undulating lines near the base ; exterior line whitish, undulating, 

 denticulated, interrupted hindward by a broad irregular ochraceous 

 streak. 



Var. d. Female. Like var. y. Fore wings blackish ; a whitish 

 slightly oblique band near the base ; exterior line slightly interrupted 

 by an ochraceous mark ; marginal points black. 



Var. e. Female Like var. 8. Fore wings partly cinereous ; 

 the band near the base divided hindward ; ochraceous mark almost 

 obsolete. 



a— A. Auckland, New Zealand. From Mr. Oxley's collection. 



