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ciliate in 9 ; fore tibiae unarmed ; hind tibise with one pair of spurs 

 in both sexes, in % with long pencil of hairs ; thorax and abdomen 

 untufted ; fore wings 12 veins, 10 on 9, 11 from cell, 12 free or 

 anastomosing with 11 ; hind wings 8 veins, 8 and 4 separate, 6 and 



7 stemmed, 8 joining cell near base then rapidly diverging. 

 Differs from Eachloris Hiib. in that the palpi of 9 are long ; 



from Synch lora Guen. in that there is one pair of spurs only present 

 in both sexes. 



Species.-I^ C. chloroleucarla Gn. 

 ( C. phyllinaria Zell. 



3. NEinORIA Hub. 



Verz. 285, 1818. 



Type viridata Linn. 

 Chlorissa Steph., 111. iii, 315, 1831. type viridain L. 



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

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

 tibiae 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. pistaciata Guen. 

 y" N. subcroceafa Wlk. 

 N. euchloria Ab. and Gn. 



4. EUCROSTIS Hub. 



Verz. 283, 1818. 



Type indigenata Vill. 



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

 base ; clypeus hairy scaled ; antennae in S with short pectinations ; 

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

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

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

 veins, 6 separate, 10 on 9; 10, 11 and 12 anastomosing; hind wings 



8 veins, 8 and 4 short stemmed, 6 and 7 stemmed, 8 shortly with 

 cell, then rapidly diverging. 



Sufficiently distinct from C hlorochlamys in that the palpi are 

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

 wanting in the hind tibite of the S . 



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

 viridipennata Hulst, n. sp. 



TRANS. AM. KNT. HOC. XXiri. (40) SEPTEMBER, 1H96. 



