BY A. W. SCOTT, MA. 35 



This insect was captured by Mr. Ramsay at Lisniore, 

 Richmond River, and the plumage much injured before it 

 reached me. In this locality Mr. Ramsay found the caterpillars 

 in abundance infesting, among other plants, the nettle tree, 

 (urtica gigas) the native Wistaria, &c., &c., but I regret to say, 

 that the several he had so cai'efully collected, were all destroyed 

 while in their transit to Sydney. 



8. ChARAGIA EXIMIA. ^ 



Male length of wings 36 lines : of body 20 lines. 



Superior wings bright emerald-green, chastely relieved 

 with numerous markings ; a transverse oblique band 

 of gold a little beyond the middle, but not reaching 

 to either margin ; many short, curved lines of bright 

 silver disposed between the veins ; those to the 

 exteripr of the transverse band form a chain-like 

 pattern ; while those to the interior are irregular and 

 labyrinthic. 



Inferior wings bluish with a slight shade of green ; 

 cilise round the outer angle, golden-brown. 

 Head pro-iliorax and tippets similar in colour to the 

 fore wings ; thorax and ahdo'inen to the hind wings ; 

 eyes and antennce dark purplish-brown. 



Larva length about 42 lines, slightly setigerous, creamy-white 



with a tinge of purplish-red between the segments. 

 These larvse inhabited the small stems and branches of the 

 DodonEea angustifolia, and were found at Ash Island plentifully. 

 All the larv^ we had collected, excepting the one, were lost, arising 

 from the want of proper and sufficient nutriment, the pieces of 

 wood, in which they were, having become from long keeping 

 hard and sapless. The above measurement was taken from one 

 of the finest caterpillars, with which the rearing proved 

 unsuccessful ; the perfect insect, therefore, whose dimensions are 

 given above, is evidently much undersized, and would probably 

 reach, under favourable circumstances, to between 50 and 55 lines. 

 The more than usually falcate wings ; the band on the fore 

 wing and the brush of hair on the tibiae of the posterior leg, 

 being of a golden colour ; and the somewhat setigerous larva 

 will readily distinguish this species from any of the foregoing. 



