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Faintly Green Underwing

Plate XXXI — Faintly Green Underwing is Fig. 4
Plate XXXI — Faintly Green Underwing is Fig. 4

The insect has been by some writers regarded as a variety of the preceding species. It is characterized by larger size, and brighter colored fore wings, on which the maculation is much more distinct. In certain lights there is a pronounced greenish shade visible upon the wings.