p. 284, n. 114 (1843) ; TFhitc, in New Zealand and its in- 

 habitants, pi. 1,/. 6 (1855). 



Charagia virescens, Walker, Lep. Hct. VII., p. 1569, n. 

 1 (1856). 



New Zealand {Earl). B.M. 



The larva of this species is well known to be attacked by 

 Sphceria Eohertsii of Hooker, which converts it entirely 

 into a woody substance ; the type of this species was taken 

 at Waiteiiiata by Dr. Dieffenbach. 



15. Charagia rubroviridans. 



Charagia rubroviridans. White, in Taylor's New Zealand 

 and its inhabitants, pi. 1, /. 1 (1855) ; Walker, Lep. Het. 

 Yil.,p. 1570, 7i. 2 (1856). 



New Zealand (Sinclair). Type. B.M. 



A larger and more deeply coloured species than C. 

 virescens ; we have both sexes in the collection, they are 

 quite alike in colouring ; in the Trans. Ent. Soc. New South 

 Wales, vol. II., pp. 28, 29 Mr. A. W. Scott makes this 

 species the female of C. virescens, and credits Walker with 

 the species ; he appears, therefore, to be wrong in both of 

 his conclusions. 



Euahine ranges (Buller). 



One dead specimen of this handsome moth was found 

 by Mr. Buller on a tree-stump. 



20. PoRiNA signata. Tab. 9, Jig. 8. 



Elhamma signata. Walker, Lep. Hct. VII., p. 1563, n. 3 

 (1856). 



Porina Novje Zealandise, Walker, Lep. Hct. VII., p. 1573, 

 n. 1 (1856). 



Pielus variolaris, auinie, Ent. Mo. Mag. Y., p. 1 (1868). 



Hepialus — , White, in Taylor's New Zealand and its 

 inhabitants, pi. 1,/s. 4, 5 (1855). 



New Zealand {Sinclair, Colenso, Bolton, Churton, Parry, 

 Boss). Type. B.M. 



21. Porina cervinata. 



Elhamma cervinata. Walker, Lep. Ret. Suppl. II., p. 595 

 (1865). 



Auckland (Oxley). Type. B.M. 



Allied to P. signata. 



Genus 11. Leto, Hiibner. 



Verz. bet Schmett,p. 197 (1816). 



16. Leto Ingens. 



Charagia ingens. Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. II., p. 596 

 (1865). 



New Zealand {from Mr. Children). Type. B.M. 



This species is certainly referable to the Genus Leto, it 

 differs entirely from Charagia in the neuration of second- 

 aries : it is probably the largest of all the New Zealand 

 moths. 



This species is rightly omitted by Mr. Scott in his paper 

 on the genus Charagia. 



Genus 12. Hepialus, Fabricius. 



Gen.Lns.,p. 162 (1776). 



17. Hepialus despectus. 



Hepialus despectus, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. II., p. 594 

 (1865). 



Auckland {Oxley). Type. B.M. 



18. Hepialus characterifer. 



Hepialus characterifer. Walker, Lep. Het. Sup>pl. II., p. 

 594 (1865). 



Auckland {Oxley). Type. B.M. 



Genus 13. Porina, Walker. 

 Lep. Het. \ll.,p. 1572, gen. 11 (1856). 



19. Porina Mairi. 



Porina Mairi, Buller, Trans. N Zeal. Lnst. V., p. 279, p)l- 

 xvii. (1873) 



22. Porina umbraculata. 



Pielus umbraculatus, Gu4nie,Ent.Mo. Mag. Y.,p. 1 (1868). 



Canterbury {Fereday). 



The description of this species leads me to suspect that 

 it is one of the many varieties of P. signata. Walker, 

 (P. variolaris, Gu^nde), we have examples which agree 

 well with it : M. Gu^nee is quite wrong in referring these 

 species to Walker's genus Pielus, the species of that group 

 being not only all large insects, but having the costal and 

 subcostal nerviires of secondaries clearly separated through- 

 out their entire length, and the antennae proportionately 

 longer. 



23. Porina vexata. 



Porina vexata. Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. II., p. 597 

 (1865). 



Auckland, New Zealand {Oxley). Type. B.M. 



Allied to P. signata, but smaller, darker, and with the 

 silvery spots obsolescent, those in discoidal cell only being 

 distinct. 



The species of Porina have the same habits as our own 

 " swifts " in England. — See Fereday in Trans. N. Zeal. 

 Inst, v., p. 290 (1873). 



Genus 14. Oxycanus, Walker. 

 Lep. Het. VII., p. 1573, gen. 12 (1856). 



24. Oxycanus impletus. 



Oxycanus impletus. Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. II., p. 598 

 (1865). 



Auckland {Oxley). 



I have not seen the type of this species. 



