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 Synopsis oj the Species. 



Costa of wings reddish ,S. tricoloraria. 



Front greou, lines much excurved, and scallops large. S. excwvaria. 



Front green : scallops slightly marked ; outer line slightly sinuous X. rubiroraria. 



Female like female of rubiroraria, but with the front reddish ,S'. rubrifrontari'a. 



Synchlora tricolorafia Packard. Plate 10, fig. 83. 



Eunemoria tricoloraria Pack., Proe. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist.,xvi, 30, 1874. 



1 </ and 1 9. — Antennae well pectinated, white above; palpi stout, red, 

 white along the lower edge; wings much as in the eastern species, S. 

 rubivoraria. Front duller red than palpi ; vertex white, with a few reddish 

 scales at base, Body and wings pea-green. Fore wings green ; costa white, 

 tinged with red at the base. Two curved, much wrinkled, white lines 

 nearer together and more waved than usual, cross each wing. Fringe green, 

 whitish at insertion and at the outer edge. Fore and middle tibiae and tarsi 

 reddish. Beneath, fore wings pale, deeper green on the costal half; basal 

 two-thirds of costa deep red. Hind wings whitish-green. The outer line 

 on fore wings faintly re-appears. Abdomen wanting. 



Length of fore wing, <?,0.40, 9,0.50; expanse of wings, 0.85-1.00 inch. 



California (Edwards); Sanzalito, Cal. (Behrens). 



The female is much larger than the male, and has very long pink palpi. 

 This species differs from all the Atlantic States species in the costa of the 

 fore wings being reddish. 



Synchlora excurvaria Packard. Plate 10, fig. 85. 



Synchlora excurvaria Pack., Fifth Rep. Peab. Acad. So., 70, 1873. 



1 <S and 3 9. — Of the usual form. Front green. Palpi green, tipped 

 with pale brown or reddish. Fore wings whitish on the costa, the two lines 

 much as usual and at the usual distance apart; inner line sinuate; outer line 

 on both wings much more irregular and wavy than usual, approaching the 

 outer edge more on the median venules. The usual white line on the abdomen. 

 Beneath whitish, greenish on costal half of fore wing; two anterior pairs of 

 legs greenish at base ; fore tibiae washed with pale brown. 



Length of body, <$ , 0.30, 9, 0.30; fore wing, 3, 0.32, 9, 0.40; expanse 

 of wings, 0.65-0.90 inch. 



Dcmopolis, Ala. (Grote); Dallas, Texas, October 1 (Boll, Mus. Peal.. 

 Acad. Sc); Waco, Tex., October 10 (Belfrage). 



This species differs froin.the others by the outer line being much more 



