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marjiinal subapioal spot reacliiiif; to middle of outer i:iarj;iii ; a faint outer line, 

 wavy, siibi)arallel with inarjiin ; liind wings with jet black point a little out from 

 base not far from anterior marjrin ; a sinuate cross-line of reddish brown near 

 middle, edfred outwardly with light ochreous; beneatli violet-brown with scat- 

 tered darker scales, with faint indications of two bla(;k cross-lines at middle of 

 inner margin on fore wings; fore tibiii^ and all tarsi more or less washed with 

 violet-brown. 



One h , South Florida, troin Mrs. .Sl()s.sou, to whom I fespectiully 

 dedicate it. 



GEOMETRIN.E. 



Tlie Geonietrina) are very closely related to the Sterrhinte. They 

 consist of the same simill frail insects, with the same aspect, and 

 with, in the main, the same structure. They are, however, gener- 

 ally easily distinguished by their color, which has given them the 

 designation " the greens." While the Sterrhinae approach the char- 

 acteristic venation of the Geometriuie, there is no difficulty in sepa- 

 rating them by the position of vein 5 of both wings. These sub- 

 families seem also to divide on the structure of the antennje. So 

 far as I have examined the antennse of the species, which are bipec- 

 tinate in the male, those of the kSterrhina3 have the pectinations 

 situated upon the bottom of the segments, while those of the Geo- 

 metrintie have them upon the top. The Geometrina' hav'e the same 

 tendency towards the obsolescence of the hind legs already noticed 

 in the Sterrhime. 



The larva', so far as known, are characteristic and peculiar. They 

 are furnished with [)rotuberances on the segments, anil have, to some 

 extent, the habit of covering themselves with debris of leaves, thus 

 more effectually concealing themselves. 



The family as limited seems to include more specialized forms of 

 other subfomilies. Among our species, apart from the characteristic 

 venation, there are found some with the distinctive venation of the 

 Hydriominse, some with that of the Sterrhime, and some with that 

 of the Ennomina). They make distinct sections of the subfamily, 

 and I am not entirely sure but that the genus Annemoria would 

 better i)e placed with the Hydriominse. The subfamily is mostly 

 tropical, and our si)ecies are few and rarely plentiful. 



I sus|)ect that some of our genera will be found identical with 

 others described from tropical material from l)()th hemispheres, but 

 nothing definite can l)e determined till ty[)es are examined and com- 

 pared, which I have not had the opportunity of doing. The typical 

 genus Geometra I have not found in our fauna. Anaplodes is very 



TKANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXIII. SEPTEMBR, 1896. 



