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siderable distance round the mouth of the gallery, protecting 

 themselves meanwhile beneath a shelter of silk and refuse. 



9. Hep. virescens, Dbld, 



{Hepialus virescens, Dbkl., " Dieff. New Zeal.," ii., 284 : White, 

 "Tayl. New Zeal.," pi. i., 6 : Hepialus rubroviridans, White, I.e., pi. i., 1 : 

 Charagia virescens. Walk., " Bomb.," 1569 ; Scott, " Trans. Ent. Soc. 

 N.S.Wales," ii., 28: C. fischcri, FelcL, pi. Ixxx., 1: C. hectori, Butl., 

 " Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.," 1877, 380.) 



3' . 86-96mm. Head green. Antennae yellow-ochreous. 

 Thorax green, posterior extremity becoming whitish-ochreous. 

 Abdomen whitish-ochreous, towards middle greenish-tinged. 

 Forewings somewhat elongate-triangular, costa sinuate, apex 

 round-pointed, hindmargin oblique, rather strongly sinuate 

 inwards on upper half, rounded beneath continuously with 

 inner margin ; bright green, with irregular transverse series of 

 partially confluent paler rings ; two or three of these sometimes 

 become whitish towards inner margin ; a nearly straight series 

 of about six rather cloudy white transverse marks, interrupted 

 in middle, from beneath f of costa to above f of inner margin : 

 cilia green. Hindwings whitish, more or less tinged with 

 green towards hindmargin ; and more broadly and strongly 

 towards anal angle. 



? . 100-140mm. Forewings green, with obscure trans- 

 verse darker marks ; four or five quadrate fuscous spots on 

 costa between base and f ; two series of reddish-fuscous some- 

 times double or triple transverse marks parallel to hindmargin, 

 sometimes including whitish spots, first at f , second at | ; a 

 narrow reddish-fuscous streak along inner margin ; a hind- 

 marginal series of reddish-fuscous marks. Hindwings red, 

 apex green. 



Auckland to Wellington ; probably generally distributed in 

 the North Island. The larva feeds in the stem and branches 

 of Mclicytus and other trees. This species has been stated to 

 occur in Australia, but it seems certain that this was an error, 

 founded on confusion with one of the larger Australian species. 



PSYCHID^. 



No tongue. No maxillary palpi. Antennae short, in g- 

 bipectinated. Forewings with vein 1 furcate, posteriorly 

 coalescing with veinlike submedian fold, 8 and 9 stalked. 

 Hindwings with frenulum developed, Ic present, 8 connected 

 by bar with 7, with one or more additional veins rising from 

 it. Female apterous. 



The larvffi live in portable cases, constructed of silk, and 

 usually covered with pieces of stick or refuse ; they are poly- 

 phagous, feeding indiscriminately on various trees and plants. 

 The two New Zealand species are endemic, but have consider- 

 able relationship to ordinary Australian forms. 



