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Geometra tkansvehsata. ( Plato xlii, fig. 2.) 



Antennre filifuini, orange brown. Wings angulatcd, daslicd with sliort darker lints, and 

 shaded with alx.ut three dark parallel slripes. Anterior and posterior wings maiked 

 with a waving continuous line, Ix-ginningat the acute outer angle of the lornicr.and 

 terminating a little below the middle ol' the latter : they are also hordertd with a 

 narrow belt of a similar color. Underside of the wings similar in color and markings, 

 except in the brown waving line. Expansion of w ing, two inches. ( Westwood's 

 Illustrations of Dutuv, plate viii, fig. 2.) 



Geometra seruata. ( Plate xl, fig. C.) 



Antenna; setaceous or filiform. Head reddish buff-color. Thorax, abdomen and wings 

 yellowish bull". Both pair of wings scollopped, and broadly bordered with brownish 

 or deeper bull" : also the same color is found at the base of the forcwings, but paler ; 

 and a transverse hand upon the posterior, with dashes of the same over the yellow 

 part. The border of the forewings is forked near the outer angle, and the anterior 

 edge is ornamented with brown and white oblong spots. ( Westwood, Illustrations of 

 Drlrv, plate xx, fig. 4.) 



Geometra catenari.\ ( Drury). Chain-dotted Gecmefer. (Plate xli, fig. 10.) 



PUALiENA CATEXARIA. BtlPALUS CATENARIUS ( Leach). 



Antennse in the male doubly pectinated, slender. Head orange. Thorax, abdomen and 

 wings white : the former is marked with three orange-colored spots, and each ring 

 of the abdomen with dots or black transverse lines ; the wings are al:^o marked by 

 two parallel denticulated lines running across them. The wings are rounded behind, 

 and margined with a black dotted line having some resemblance to a chain. ( See 

 Westwood, Illustrations of Drury, plate viii, fig. 3.) 



Geometra? . ( Plate xlv, fig. 3.) 



Wings subangidated, subcrenate on the outer margin. 



This moth I am disposed to refer to the Genus Geometra, relying upon the form of the 

 wings and the pattern of their ornamental marking. The color is cinuajuon-brown, and the 

 white transverse band near the middle is bordered by a deeper brown on the I asal side. 

 The costa is darker, being connected with the transverse band already referred to. Hind- 

 wing lighter colored at the base than the outer half. 



I have been unable to obtain the larva, and htnce it cannot be determined whether it 

 has the progression peculiar to the geometridse. There is some doubt as to the genus to 

 which it should be referred. 



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