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straiglitly forwards, the second joint is thick and they are not curved upwards 

 and are shorter than in Ilypena. Tlie wings are wide not narrow as in 

 Sisyrhypena. The whole insect in size, form and appearance recalls the 

 Bombycid Orgyia leucostigma. 



Pseiidorgyia versuta, n. s. 



S . — The thorax, head and palpi above have a grayish cast and this shade 

 spreads over the primaries at base. Wings concolorus, blackish fuscous ; no 

 markings except the median lines on primaries, the t. p. line tiexuous, occupy- 

 ing the relative position that it does in Bomolocha, the t. a. line faint, arcuate. 

 Two black points, pupilled with pale, on the cell take the place of the 

 stigmata. Hind wings nearly black, as are both the immaculate wings be- 

 neath. Antennae subtestaceous ; palpi darker at the sides. Fringes concolor- 

 ous with the wings. 



Exjmnse, 28 ra. m. Ilah., Texas (Belfnige). 



GEOMETRAE. 



Crocliipliora coloraria, var. spliaeromacliaria. 



(5 . — Antennae pectinate, palpi erect, thorax olivaceous above and dusky yel- 

 low below, abdomen dusky yellow and tinted with olivaceous above. Costa 

 dotted with faint minute black spots. Primaries olivaceous ; t. a line purple, 

 exserted outwardly superiorly on the cell, median shade line very indistinct, 

 t. p. line purple, passing downwards and inwards, on its outer border shaded 

 into red, outside of it two large round black spots, one at the center, between 

 veins 3 and 4, and the other at posterior border of wing, small dash at apex, 

 fringes concolorous, the Avhole surface covered with minute black points. 

 Below, yellow sprinkled with dark brown, a dash at discal cell, markings of 

 the t. p. line and the two spots of the upper surface, clearly defined. Second- 

 aries, light straw color, t. p. line continuous from primaries, small dash near 

 anal angle, below the t. p. line olivaceous, whole surface mottled. Below, 

 concolorous with under surface of primaries, presenting same mottled appear- 

 ance, discal spots black, three transverse brown lines equidistant in middle 

 third, at superior angle three black spots almost forming a line. 



Expanse, 3G m. m. Ilah., Alabama (Mr. Grote). 



It differs from colorai'ia in the heavier ornamentation of the t. p. 

 line, and the two ronnd spots posterior to it. 



Dr. Packard does not consider the remarkable specimen as being 

 specifically distinct from coloraria. 



