LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1569 
Genus 8. CHARAGIA. 
Corpus vix robustum. Palpi breves, tenues, caput non su- 
perantes. Antenne simplices, setacew, capitis latitudine vix lon- 
-giores. Abdomen alas posticas mediocriter aut longissime superans. 
Pedes graciles, late ciliati; tibize postice calcaribus duobus apicali- 
bus minimis. Ale sat late; antice apud costam recte, apice 
acuminate, margine exteriore subundulato mediocriter obliquo. 
Hepialns, p., Lewin; Doubleday; Boisduval. 
Body hardly robust. Palpi short, slender, not extending 
beyond the head. Antenne simple, setaceous, hardly longer than 
the breadth of the head. Abdomen extending more or less beyond 
the hind wings. Legs slender, deeply ciliated ; hind tibie with two 
very minute apical spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings 
straight in front, acuminated at the tips, slightly undulating and 
more or less oblique along the exterior border; veins like those of 
Hepialus in structure. | 
A. Ale antice virides. 
A, Ale antice argenteo non fasciate. 
A. Ale antice ferrugineo non fasciate. virescens, Doubleday. 
B. Ale antice ferrugineo fasciate. - rubroviridans, Steph. 
B. Ale antice argenteo fasciate. - - Lamberti, Steph. 
B. Ale antice rufe, viridi varie. 
A, Ale antice plaga excisa. - 4 - - Lewinii, Steph. 
B. Ale antice plaga non excisa. - - lignivorus, Lewin. 
1. CHARAGIA VIRESCENS. 
Pallide virescens ; antenne fulve ; abdomen albidum, alas posticas 
perpaullo superans ; ale late, longiuscule ; antice subfal- 
cai@, apud costam recite, margine exteriore subundulato 
mediocriter obliquo. 
Hepialus virescens, Doubleday, Duffenbach’s New Zealand, i. 284, 
114. 
Pale dull green. Antenne tawny. Abdomen and hind wings 
whitish. Abdomen extending very little beyond the hind wings. 
Wings broad, rather long. Fore wings hardly falcate, straight in 
front, moderately oblique and very slightly undulating along the 
exterior border. Length of. the body 20—-22 lines; of the wings 
42—48 lines. 
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