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far the finest is the Hepialus Rubroviridans, which measures 
nearly six inches from the tip of one wing to the other. 
Another smaller kind of the Hepialus is very abundant in 
summer evenings. The Hepialus Virescens is also a beautiful 
moth ; so likewise the Pari kori taua. The Nyctemera is 
also found in New South Wales. 
Coleoptera. — Mumutaua, a large beetle found on the sand 
hills. The elytra are remarkably soft. This beetle is fre¬ 
quently attacked by a fungus, which takes possession of the 
entire insect. 
Papa papa, a small brown beetle, very abundant on a sum¬ 
mer’s evening. 
Mumu, a large green beetle, found in the forest. 
Kiri wai manuka, a small green beetle, abounding in the 
summer amongst the manuka trees (leptospermum scopiarurn); 
it is striped with green and red. 
Kapapa, (prionoplus reticularis,) a large cerambix, whose 
grub is very destructive to fruit trees. There are several 
beautiful varieties of the curculio. The nemocephalus barbi- 
cornis brentus is nearly three inches long. The ancistropterus 
guadri spinosus is a very beautiful insect, and also several of 
the species scolopterus. 
Kokopurangi, (sanguis uga ,) a small water leech. There 
are also several kinds of land leeches; a bright red one; 
another of a dark chocolate color, and a white one: they 
abound in damp humid localities. 
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