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NEW AMERICAN MOTHS. 



By W. warren, M.A., F.E.S. 

 Family EUPTEROTIDAE. 



Agi'iochlora gen. nov. 



Forewiiigs : ample ; costa sliglitly curved, becoming more convex before apex, 

 which is rounded ; hindmargin rounded. 



Hinrlu'ings : with hindmargin strongly rounded, the anal angle well marked 

 and lobed : antennae (?) short, plumose to the tips ; palpi porrect, short ; 

 tongue absent ; frenulum present ; hind-tibiae thick, with a pair of quite short 

 terminal spurs, the tarsi short. 



XeuratioH : forewings, cell less than half as long as wing ; discocellular 

 oblique, slightly bent above ; first median nervule at five-eighths ; second almost 

 touching third ; lower radial from the bend above middle of discocellular ; upper 

 radial stalked with 7, 8, 9, KJ from the end of cell; 11 from base of wing: 

 hiiidwings with 3, 4, and 6, 7 stalked. Scaling sparse and fine ; the wings 

 semi-transparent. 



Type : Agriochlora klagesi sp. nov. 



1. Agriochlora klagesi sp. nov. 



Forewings : very pale mealy green, thinly scaled and semi-transparent, stained 

 with dull rufous olive as far as the snbmarginal line, which is irregularly waved 

 and lunulate, from costa shortly before apex to anal angle, forming a strong 

 sinus inwards between veins 3 and 4 ; just before the edge of this stain a 

 slightly darker fascia can be traced, the edges of which are marked with darker 

 ou the veins ; the marginal area, a narrow costal space, and the discocellular 

 streak remain of the pale greenish ground-colour ; fringe pale green slightly 

 mottled with darker ; inner margin with darker rufous olive marks. 



Hiiuhvings : pale green, with the inner margin and a curved snbmarginal 

 line rufous olive. 



Underside i)ale green ; the forewings with an opalescent ]iiuk sheen beneath 

 the stained area above ; hindwings with a double rufous blotch where the sub- 

 marginal line crosses the submedian fold. Head, shoulders, and patagia pale 

 green ; abdomen and tips of patagia rufous olive. 



Expanse of wings : 30 mm. 



One ? from Suapure, Canra River, Venezuela, February 1899 (Klages). 



Family TIIYRIDIDAE. 



2. Siculodes rufifimbria sp. nov. 



Forewings : chalk-white, with numerous transverse brown ramifying streaks, 

 which are darkest towards hindmargin ; a brown linear mark on the discocellular ; 

 costal area pale fawn-colour, becoming fuscous toward base, the costal edge marked 



