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Inferior wings, bluish, slightly yellowish towards the 



tip. 



The hody pale emerald green with two large spots of 



silver on the lower part of the thorax ; ^w/fe of hair 



on upper parts of abdomen, silvery ; eyes purplish. 



Female length of wings QQ lines : of body 33 lines. 



Stcperior wings bright grass green, relieved by large, 

 very bright silver spots brought out in strong relief 

 by an edging of black brown, disposed in a similar 

 manner to those on the male ; but being larger and 

 brighter they are more conspicuous and striking. 

 The curved line, before described, becomes here a 

 large spot. 



Inferior wings yellov^^ish-red. 



Body and Jiead similar in colour, but paler, to the 

 superior wings, bearing two reddish-spots on the 

 thorax ; the tufts on the abdomen are yellowish- red, 

 and the fan-shaped extremity purplish. 



Larva.. length about 42 lines: creamy- white throughout 



except the segments over the true feet and the head, 

 which are yellowish -brown ; pinkish annular lines, 

 also, between each segment. 

 The larvae live within the stems of the acmena, alectryon, and 



a few other plants, and were by no means uncommon on Ash 



Island, Hunter River, when I resided there. 



6. — Charagia Scripta. 



Charagia scripta. TF. MacLeay, M.S.S. 



Male length of wings 35 lines: of body 18 lines. 



Superior wings, basal moiety emerald green, exterior 

 moiety lustrous yellowish-green, sepai-ated from each 

 other by an oblique transverse band of silver, scalloped 

 within ; the whole surface adorned with numerous 

 labyrinthic silvery lines and bands. The inner half 

 is thickly studded over with short lines of silver, 

 principally disposed transversely ; the other by three 

 bands, also of silver, which run parallel to the 

 exterior margin ; the outer one assuming a chain- 

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