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AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 318 



ciliato ill 9 ', foi'e tihiie iinurnied ; hind til)ia> witli one pair of spur;* 

 in botli sexes, in % with long })eneil of hairs; tiiorax and alxlonien 

 u n tufted ; fore wings 12 veins, 10 on 9, 11 from cell, 12 free or 

 anastomosing witli 11 ; liind wings 8 veins, 8 and 4 separate, (J and 



7 stemmed, <S joining cell near base then rapidly diverging. 



Differs from Euchloris Hiib. in that the jialpi of 9 'ii'e long ; 

 from Sijtichlora Guen. in that there is one pair of s})iirs only present 

 in both sexes. 



Species. — C. chloroleucaria Gn. 

 C. phyllinaria Zell. 



3. \E.nOKIA Hiib. 



Vcrz. 285. 1818. 



Type viridnta Linn. 

 Chlorissa Steph.. III. iii, 315, 1831. type viriduta L. 



Palpi moderate, or rather long, porrect ; clypeus flat, short scaled ; 

 antennae in % serrate or filiform, in 9 ciliate or fascicled ; hind 

 tibire of $ without middle spurs, sometimes swollen without hair 

 pencil, of 9 with both pairs of spurs ; hind tarsi in $ sometimes 

 shortened; fore wings "12 veins, 10 out of 9, 11 from cell; hind 

 wings 8 veins, 8 and 4 stemmed or separate, 6 and 7 stemmed. 

 Species. — N. pistaciiita Guen. 

 N. subcroceafa Wlk. 

 N. euchloria Ab. and Gn. 



4. KUCROSTIS Huh. 

 Yerz. 283, 1818. 



Type indigenata Vill. 



Palpi .short in both sexes, rather ascending, long haired below at 

 base ; clypeus hairy scaled ; anteniue in % with short pectinations ; 

 thorax and abdomen untufted, the thorax rather hairy scaled above, 

 strongly hairy below ; fore tibije unarmed, hind tibije with one pair 

 of spurs in both sexes, without hair pencil in % ; fore wings 12 

 veins, (3 separate, 10 on 9 ; 10, 11 and 12 anastomosing; hind wings 



8 veins, 3 and 4 short stemmed, (5 and 7 stemmed, 8 shortly with 

 cell, then rapidly diverging. 



Sufficiently distinct from L' Itlorochhimjix in that the palpi are 

 short in both sexes, the thorax hairy below, and the hair pencil 

 wanting in the hind tibiie of the % . 



Species. — bicerUttn Wlk. (operabia Zell., gratata Pack.) 

 viridij)enii((t(i Hulst, n. sp. 



TRANS. AM. KNT. .SOC. .Will. (40) SEPTKMBER. 1«J«) 



