390 



than anv dUkm- spcfics. A'l'iicx nf tlic head, and anlcnr.ii' while; t'roul ivd- 

 dish, with a taint wliitc line at hase and in iVont. I'alpi re(hlish, exlrcuio tip 

 white. Body and winjrs of the usnal pea-green tint. Fore wings with tlic 

 usual twv) wliilc lines, bni wider than in any other species of l!ie genus, 

 particnhirly the outer liii(\ which otlierwise is situated iiiucli as in ,/. nthii- 

 frontaila. Tlic line on tlic hind wings is but sliiiiitly bent, much less so than 

 in A. rnhrifionldiia. The fringe is rcddisli, with a deep-red line at the base. 

 ]jody beneath and legs white ((he alidonien above is too much rubbed for 

 description). ]jeneath, pale grecLiish, with tlu." common white line faintly 

 reproduced. 



Length of bcdy, 9, ().;3o ; of fore wiii^r, ?, 0.45; expanse of wings, 

 O.DO inch. 



Montreal, Canada (C'aultield). 



Ai'LODKS RUBROLiNEARiA Packard, riatc 10, iig. DO. 



Jlihidci nilroliiicdria Pack., Fifth Rep. I'l/ali. Acuil. He, 74, 1873. 



1 S . — Structurally very near A. nt'niiosaria, but diflcrs from it and the other 

 two species in the peculiar glossy silken luster of the wings, Antenna" and 

 pal[)i as in A. ni'nnosarta ; palpi reddish on the two terminal joints ; front 

 reddish. Wings not so deep green as in A. vilmosarta. Fore wings white on 

 the costa as usual; inner line situated the same distance from the base of 

 win;r as in niimovdrid, wavy, angulated distinctly outward on the median vein. 

 ( )u1er remote from inner line, a little wavy, and a little narrower than usual. 

 Secondaries with the two lines well marked, remote inner one distinct, very 

 near base of wing, curved and waved; outer line slightly wavy, curved out- 

 ward more than usual in the middle of the wing. Fringe of a peculiar pale 

 silken-green luster, with a faint narrow red line at base (this line easily over- 

 looked). Abdomen with a white spot at base, and with two white distinct 

 bands on two following segments; terminal third wliitc. Fore legs whitish- 

 brown, ringed with white; two hinder pairs white. _Wings l)eneatli wliitisli- 

 gr(.'en ; costa of fore wings whit(\ The outer line faintly reproduced on the 

 fore wings. 



Length of body, 0.41 ; fore wing, 0.4G ; expanse of wings, 0.95 inch. 



Philadelphia, I'a. (Coll. Anier. Ent. Soc). 



This species may at once l)e identiticd by the liiint, linear, reddish line 

 at base ol fringe. 



