ALYSIA. By W. Warren. 
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14. Genus: Alysia Gu e n. 
Tongue well developed; frons smooth; palpi upturned, the second segment hairy in front, the third 
short; antennae of $ serrate, with sessile fascicles of cilia; head and thorax rough-scaled; the latter 
with slight crests; the abdomen laterally tufted; tibiae fringed with long hair; neuration normal; fore¬ 
wing narrow and elongate, the termen obliquely curved. Type A. nullifera Walk. A genus of New Zealand 
insects. 
A. griseipennis Fldr. ( = virescens Btlr.) (8i). Forewing greyish green, the irroration whitish; a grisei-pen- 
slight ochreous streak above inner margin near base; an ochreous mark above vein 1 at end of sub- ms ' 
basal line; inner line indistinct, double, with ochreous scales on it, waved, and angled inwards on med¬ 
ian nervure and vein 1; outer line edged outwardly with ochreous, lunulate dentate, the teeth form¬ 
ing black and white points on the veins; subterminal line ochreous, preceded by obscure fuscous dentate marks; 
stigmata outlined in black, with ochreous scales in them; the claviform small; the orbicular round; 
an indistinct dark dentate median shade angled in middle; hindwing fuscous, the fringe ochreous. Wel¬ 
lington, N. Island; Nelson Province, Mt. Arthur, Otago, S. Island. 
A, inconstans Btlr. (10 a). Forewing grey with a faint orange tinge and black irroration; inner inconstans. 
and outer lines indistinct; the inner obliquely waved, the outer lunulate dentate; subterminal a row of grey 
and black dentate marks; orbicular and reniform stigmata black-edged, the former round; hind wing brown 
with pale fringe. Marlborough, New Zealand. 
A. cucullina Guen. (10 a). Forewing ochreous grey with brown irroration and suffusion; lines double, cucullina. 
filled in with grey, the outer toothed on veins; subterminal ochreous white, irregular, dentate on veins 3, 
4; orbicular and reniform stigmata with grey annuli partially outlined with black; a diffuse dark median 
shade; hindwing fuscous with pale fringe. Recorded from Mt. Arthui and Rakaia, S. Island. 
A. moderata Walk. (= sistens Guen.) (8 i). Forewing brownish grey with dense fuscous irroration; moderata. 
inner and outer lines double, dark filled in with grey, both dentate; subterminal line pale grey, dentate, pre¬ 
ceded by dark dentate marks; claviform small, edged with fuscous, sometimes obsolete; orbicular and reniform 
with grey annuli outlined with dark; a bent diffuse median shade; hindwing fuscous, paler towards base in the 
A; fringe white; the ab. mitis Btlr. is a greyer form, with the markings of the forewing obscured, except mitis. 
the median shade. New Zealand, Auckland, Otago, Dunedin. 
A. sminthistis Hmps. (10a). Forewing dark brown with slight grey irroration; inner and outer sminthistis. 
lines both very indistinct, double, waved; subterminal whitish, interrupted, also indistinct; stigmata small 
and indistinct, the claviform absent; hindwing dark brown; fringe brown, the basal line and tips pale. New 
Zealand. Described from a single <$. 
A. nullifera Walk. (= specifica Guen.) (8k). Forewing pale grey brown with a reddish tinge; nullifera. 
basal area without markings; an obscurely marked dark outer line, lunulate dentate, the teeth better 
marked, followed by a subterminal series of pale dots in the intervals; the upper stigmata just visible; 
hindwing brownish ochreous. New Zealand; N. Island, Taupo, Wellington; S. Island, Mt. Arthur, Christ¬ 
church, Rakaia. Larva stout, bright yellowish brown, paler below where it is thickly speckled with 
white; dorsal line ill defined; subdorsal and lateral lines dull brown with a row of elongate white 
spots below each; dorsum posteriorly black; spiracles black; feeding on Aciphylla squarrosa, one larva 
in the centre of each tussock. 
A. octans Hurls. (8 lc). Fore wing brownish ochreous; basal area tinged with grey and crossed octans. 
by two or three dark waved lines; the inner line dark, oblique, touching the claviform, which is out¬ 
lined in dark brown; in the middle of wing a large white V-shaped mark, resting on inner margin, con¬ 
taining a smaller triangular dark grey costal blotch in which lies the reniform stigma; the orbicular is 
white, finely outlined in brown, and lies in the inner arm of the white V; some terminal dark lunules; hind¬ 
wing suffused with dark brownish fuscous deepening subterminally, the termen itself paler. Mt. Linton, In¬ 
vercargill, New Zealand. 
A. omicron Huds. (8k). Forewing greyish olive; the lines double, marked by pairs of black omicron. 
strigae on costa; the median and outer accompanied by dark oblique grey bands; claviform stigma small 
and indistinct; orbicular large, circular, finely black-outlined; reniform ill-defined, somewhat darker edged 
towards base; hindwing brownish grey, darker towards termen. Wellington, New Zealand. 
A. falsidica Meyr. Forewing fuscous grey, mostly overlaid with white suffusion; subbasal line falsidica. 
cloudy, dark fuscous, abbreviated below; inner and outer lines indistinctly margined with dark fuscous 
irroration; the inner slightly curved, the outer waved, strongly excurved above; a dark fuscous median shade 
