eepidoptera heterocera. 
1569 
Genus 8. CHARAGIA. 
Deran < fes PUS A VI t X lobusU,m ,\ PaI P> breves, tenues, caput non su- 
S au A ^ simphces, setace®, capitis latitudine vix lon- 
gtotes. Abdomen alas posticas mediocriter aut longissime superans 
bus LSs 65 ’ ’a? fY , tibi * P°? tic * “loarib^ duobus a^icalF 
A 92 sa ^ 5 antic® apud costam rect® apice 
acummat®, margme exteriore subundulato mediocriter obliquo. 
Hepialus, p., Leukn; Doubleday; Boisduval. 
bevonW^!? r0 A bU , St ' Palpi short > slender - not extending 
the breaihb IT* , Av) ‘ enn * setace ous, hardly longer than 
Jk! j “ tb r bead - Abdomen extending more or less beyond 
ferv mfnmef;- ^ slend «/, deeply eiliatedt hind tibia, witlftwo 
Sl Lm S,mrS - } Vm S s moderately broad. Fore wings 
Soreorleioh’ acun ? lnated at the tips, slightly undulating and 
^ n struXe " g eXteri0rb ° rder; Vei ° S like those of 
A. Al® antic® virides. 
A. Ala; anticae argenteo non fasciatae. 
a. Alae antic® ferrugineo non fasciatae. 
b. Alae antic® ferrugineo fasciat®. 
I? Ai 86 anticae argenteo fasciat®. 
±>. Al® antic® ruf®, viridi vari®. 
A. Al® antic® plaga excisa. 1 
B. Al® antic® plaga non excisa. 
virescens, Doableday. 
rubroviridans, Steph. 
Lamberti, Steph. 
- Lewinii, Steph. 
lignivorus, Lewin. 
1. Charagia virescens. 
Palli trl7u em; anlenn «M'^-, abdomen albidum, alas postieas 
■p pau o superans ; ala: lata, longiuscula ; antica subfal- 
mediocriter obliquo. ****’ subundulato 
Hepialus virescens, Doubleday, Duffenbach’s New Zealand, i. 284, 
whitifb 16 Abdomen^^T””* ^7 ' , Abdome » aad hind wings 
Winnie "v> Abdome “ extend, ng very little beyond the hind wines 
mgs broad, rather long. Fore wings hardly falcate strath tin 
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