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HARRISON G. DYAR. 
I*ara!>*a viritliis Reakirt® (Plate iv, fig. 18). 
1864. — Reak., Proc. Eut. Soc. Phil, iii, 251, Limacodes. 
vernata Packard. 
1864. — Pack., Proc. Eut. Soc. Phil, iii, 339, Calloclilora. 
Primaries wood-hrown, the pea-green patch smaller than in incisa Harv. It 
is separated by a brown line from the costa and reaches the internal margin, but 
is not excavated, being only slightly waved above the internal margin. It 
reaches the base of the wing only along the margin, being replaced by a trian- 
gular patch of the ground color which rests upon the costa. The green is bor- 
dered with a narrow brown line, and the veins in the terminal space are marked 
with brown. A blackish brown shade along the center of the outer margin. 
Secondaries yellowish testaceous, the fringe shaded with brown. Thorax pea- 
green : abdomen yellowish testaceous. Below, concolorons with the secondaries 
above, the fringe brown. Expanse about 25 mm. 
Hab — Middle States. 
A number of references to descriptions of the larva may be found 
in Ml. Henry Edward’s catalogue of transformations of N. A. Le- 
pido])tera under “ Parasa chloris." 
I*ara$i$a cliloris Herrich-Schaffer (Plate iv, fig. 19). 
1854. — Her.-Sch., Samml. Ansser. fig. 176. 
fmterna Grote. 
1881. — Grote, Papilio i. 5. 
1887 ~Hy. Edwards, Ent. Amer. iii, 169. 
Very similar to P. viridus Reak., but the green baud is still narrower. Prima- 
ries wood brown, crossed by an oblique pea -green baud that is separated by a 
brown line from the costa, and is continued along the internal margin to the 
base of the wing. The band is edged with brown, but there is no blackish 
shading in the terminal space, though the veins are marked with brown. Sec- 
ondaries pale yellowish at base the outer half wood-brown. Below, yellowish 
testaceous ; costa, outer third of primaries and fringes, brown. Thorax pea- 
green ; abdomen largely tinged with brown. Expanse about 20 mm. 
Hub . — Middle States. 
The larva is somewhat ovate in outline as seen from above, the 
last segment being produced into a little pointed tail. The dorsal 
region is flat, highest at joint 5, and diminishes to the extremities. 
The subdorsal ridges bear each a row of large round warts covered 
with spines, those on joints 3, 4, 5, 11 and 12 the largest, the rest 
much smaller; a similar row above the spiracles, all small. The 
head is retracted within joint 2, and this in turn under joint 3. 
There is a double row of blackish impressed spots in the dorsal 
region and elliptical depressions on the sides, but the skin is nearly 
uniform, soft and smooth. Color greenish brown, lighter, more red- 
dish posteriorly, shaded on the dorsum with dark orange ; a number 
of indistinct, brighter waved lines. Below colorless, bordered by a 
salmon colored band. 
® Mr. Henry Edwards has called my attention to a fact which I have recently 
verified, viz., that Herrich-Schafler’s figure of chloris represents the species known 
as Parasa fraterna Grote. Hence the synonymy will have to be altered as above. 
