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sccoiid iiicdinii venules; ;ire wider ajiarl lliaii usual. Hind legs louij and 

 slender, Uie larsi veiT lung aiul equaling the til/ue iu lenglli, llic latter with 

 l()ur large spurs. The species are green, with sealluped or broad, straight 

 lines. 



The long, slouf junlpi, lung liiiul wings and subraleat(> fore wings, and 

 liroa<l, straighl, ol)li(iue whili' hands and diseal dots, as well as llie large size 

 ol' the sp^'c-ies, will cnalile them to he readily recognized. 



Our G. iridcnia ditlbrs greatly in its markings IVoni the European 

 (i. j'f'l'ifionaild ; that species has iaint scalloped lines and no diseal dots. 



Litrcd ami pupa. — "Caterpillars a little elongated, pubescent, granulated, 

 armed on the back with rough projections; head snudl ; living on trees, 

 ('hrysalides rugose, grayish-brown (^grues)^ contained in thin silken cocoons 

 anion <; leaves." — Guenee. 



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Geojietra ntiDARiA Guenee. l*late 10, iig. Do. 



(Iivmiira trhlcirid Oml'ti., Phal., i, r!44, If^")?. 



Wulk., List Li-p. Het. IJr. Miis., xxii, 503, 1861. 



4 S and 4 9. — Wings entire ; primaries slightly angulated in the middle. 

 Hind wings rt)undcd, extending liirther lieyond the tip of the ab(U)men than in 

 ^/'. j/c//////<?;;r/rw, while the antenuic are less strongly pectinated than in that 

 species. The palpi are stout and bushy ; they are brown, white below. 

 Ib-ad white, with brown scales in front, sometimes forming a line. Body 

 and wings pea-green. Fore wings white <mi the costa, with brown scales on 

 the basal half; two broad, white lines of the same width, the t)uter forming 

 a connnon, line, broad, oblique line, sometimes shaded with taint yellowish 

 (ui the inner side of the common line and the outer side of the inner line. 

 Small black diseal dots on both wings; beneath, the dots are much more 

 conspicuous; the lines faintly re-appear beneath. The fore wings are whitish 

 on the hinder edge. Fore legs greenish at the base on the trocliantines; 

 legs white, with some black scales at the base; femora of all three pairs 

 tipped with l)rown-bIack ; tibia' Itrown at end, and tarsi washed in spots 

 with \rd\c Ijrown. Abdomen green above, white ))elow. 



Length of body, S, 0.42, 9, 0.06; of fore wing, <f , 0.46-0.55, 9, 50; 

 expanse of wings, 1.00-1.55 inches. 



Andover, Mass. (Sanborn); Ijrooklyn, N. Y. (Graef); reimsylvania 

 (Clemens); ]\raryland ((ilover); Demopolis, Ala. (Grote); Lawrence, Kans. 

 (Snow); Waco, Texas, May to October (Belfrage) ; Sanzalito, Cal. (15ehrcns). 



