New Zealand Moths and Butterflies (Macro-Lepidoptera)Hudson, G. V. (George Vernon)
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New Zealand Moths and Butterflies (Macro-Lepidoptera)
Hudson, G. V. (George Vernon)
Lepidoptera -- New Zealand
The perfect insect appears in January, February, and March. Described and
figured from a specimen in Mr. Fereday's collection.
HYDRIOMENA ARIDA, Butl.
(_Melanthia arida_, Butl., Cist. Ent. ii. 505. _Cidaria chaotica_, Meyr.,
Trans. N. Z. Inst. xvi. 76. _Cidaria arida_, Meyr., ib. xvii. 64.)
(Plate VII., fig. 15.)
This species has occurred in the South Island at Akaroa, Mount Hutt,
Arthur's Pass, and Dunedin.
The expansion of the wings is 1 inch. The fore-wings are dull grey; there
is a fine yellowish {51}transverse line near the base, _and a very broad
central band with a prominent projection somewhat below the middle,
almost touching the termen_; there is a brown dot above the middle of the
wing and numerous fine brown wavy lines in the central band; the veins
are marked in white near the termen. The hind-wings are pale ochreous,
with a few very faint transverse marks near the dorsum. The termen of the
fore-wings is slightly bowed in the middle.
The perfect insect appears in January and February, and frequents forest,
sometimes being found as high as 2,600 feet above the sea-level. Described
and figured from a specimen in Mr. Fereday's collection.
HYDRIOMENA SIRIA, Meyr.
(_Cephalissa siria_, Meyr., Trans. N. Z. Inst. xvi. 93.)
(Plate VI., fig. 48.)
This odd little species was discovered by Professor Hutton at Dunedin.
The expansion of the wings is 5/8 inch. _The fore-wings are rich brown
with two transverse bands of darker brown_; the first near the base,
rather narrow; the second near the middle, considerably broader,
especially on the costa. _The hind-wings are bright orange._ The termen
of the fore-wings is slightly excavated below the apex, and considerably
bowed a little below the middle.
Described and figured from a specimen in Mr. Fereday's collection.
Genus 7.--EUCHOECA, Hb.
"Face smooth, flat. Antennæ in [M] shortly ciliated. Palpi short,
slender, loosely scaled. Fore-wings with areole simple. Hind-wings with
vein 8 anastomosing with cell to beyond middle.
"A small genus containing a few species distributed throughout the northern
hemisphere and one Australian."--(Meyrick.)
We have one species.
EUCHOECA RUBROPUNCTARIA, Dbld.
(_Ptychopoda rubropunctaria_, Dbld., Dieff. N. Z. li. 287. _Asthena
visata_, Gn. ix. 438. _Asthena_, Gn., E. M. M. v. 42. _Asthena
pulchraria_, Butl., Cat. pl. iii. 18. _Hippolyte rubropunctaria_, Meyr.,
Trans. N. Z. Inst. xvi. 60. _Epicyme rubropunctaria_, Meyr., ib. xviii.
184.)
(Plate VI., fig. 35.)
This little species is common and generally distributed throughout both the
North and South Islands, and has also occurred at Stewart Island.
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