584 revision op australian lepidoptera, v., 



32. Chlorocoma dichloraria. 



Chlorochroma dichloraria Gn., Lep. ix. p. 365, Pl.vi. £.8j 

 Chlorochroma vertumnaria Gn., Lep. ix. p. 365; Geometra suh- 

 missaria Wlk., Cat. Brifc. Mus. xxii. p.5"29; Chlorochroma con- 

 genita Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 564; lodis dichloraria 

 Meyr., Proc. Linn. See. N. S. Wales 1887, p. 884; lodi.s 

 vertumnaria Meyr., op cit. 1887, p.885. 



G. vertumnaria Gn.^C. congenita Wlk., differs only in the 

 wholly crimson cilia. I regard it as merely a variety. C. 

 dichloraria varies much in the extent of cx'inison in the cilia. 



Q.: Toowoomba, 1; Warwick, 10— N.S.W.: Newcastle; 

 Sydney, 4, 9 — Vic: Melbourne; Gisborne, 1, 3, 11; Ballarat, 

 Birchip — Tasra.: Launceston; George's Bay; Hobart, 4, 1'2; 



Zeehan, 2. 



33. Chlorocoma carenaria. 



Chlorochroma carenaria Gn., Lep. ix. p. 366; lodis carenaria 

 Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales 1887, p.881. 



(J^. 28-42 mm. Crown green posteriorly, anteriorly narrowly 

 dull red; fillet whitish-ochreous; face and palpi dull red. 

 Antennae whitish-ochreous, inner pectinations tinged with 

 reddish; pectinations in ^ 5. Thorax and abdomen green; a 

 narrow median dorsal whitish-ochreous line from before middle of 

 thorax; apical segments, sides, and lower surface of abdomen 

 whitish. Legs whitish; anterior pair reddish in front. Fore- 

 wings triangular, costa slightly arched, apex round-pointed, 

 termen nearly straight, oblique; green; costal edge whitish- 

 ochreous, near base reddish; all veins slenderly outlined in 

 whitish; a slightly curved, not dentate, whitish line from mid- 

 dorsum towards, but not reaching costa shortly before apex, 

 becoming attenuated towards extremity; cilia whitish-ochreous, 

 on tornus green. Hindwings with termen bowed, slightly pro- 

 duced at tornus; colour and markings as forewings; but post- 

 median line slightly dentate. Underside green; basal fourth of 

 costa of forewings reddish. 



Vic: Gisborne, 2, 3, 4— Tas.: Hobart. 



