LEUCANIA PURDII, Frdy.
(Leucania purdii, Frdy., Trans. N. Z. Inst. xv. 195; Meyr., ib. xix. 8.)
(Plate [IV]., fig. 11.)
This fine species was discovered at Dunedin by Mr. Purdie. A single specimen has also been taken at Wellington.
The expansion of the wings is from 2¼ to 2½ inches. The fore-wings are brownish-crimson; there are two broad, shaded, yellow, longitudinal streaks above and below the middle; the costa is margined with yellow near the base, and the dorsum is yellow throughout its entire length; the cilia are deep orange. The hind-wings are dark grey, and the cilia yellow.
The perfect insect appears in December.
Described and figured from specimens in the collections of Messrs. Fereday and Hawthorne.
LEUCANIA ATRISTRIGA, Walk.
(Xylina atristriga, Walk., Suppl. 756. Mamestra antipoda, Feld., Reis. Nov., pl. cix. 23. Leucania atristriga, Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst. xix. 8.)
(Plate [IV]., fig. 12.)