20 



The fore legs are missing in the $ specimen so the species is 

 doubtfully referred to Epizeuxis with which genus however it agrees 

 in other particulars. 



GEOMETRIDAE 

 HEMITHEINAE 



Chlorosea pulcherrima sp. nov. (PI. II, Fig. 10). 



Palpi deep wine red ; front wine red slightly mixed with ochreous, a 

 white band between the antennae bordered posteriorly with wine red which shades 

 into ochreous distally; thorax and primaries a brilliant emerald green, the 

 latter strongly striate with white and with the veins distinctly outlined in 

 whitish, costa narrowly deep ochreous shaded with wine red at base ; a faint 

 white postmedian line, subparallel to outer margin; a prominent black discal 

 dot; fringes greenish spotted opposite the veins with wine-red, each spot 

 containing a darker central dot; secondaries whitish green, semitransparent, 

 pale basally, with traces of a curved white postmedian line; fringes pale green 

 with a whitish basal line and traces of the red spotting of primaries; a small 

 black discal dot. Beneath much as above but paler and primaries not speckled 

 with white, costa wine red at base for about one-third the length of wing. Abdo- 

 men green at base then shiny white with small red dorsal patches containing 

 white diamond spots on segments 2-4 ; fore coxae green, tibiae wine-red outwardly, 

 tarsi pale ochreous. Expanse 27 mm. 



Habitat: Eldridge, Sonoma Co., Calif. (Feb. 1-7). 7 $. Types, Coll. 

 Barnes. 



This very handsome species we place provisionally in the genus 

 Chlorosea on account of the single pair of spurs on hind tibiae in $ 

 (one specimen shows a single spur preceding the terminal pair) ; a 5 

 will be necessary to correctly place the species. The bright green 

 color shows a great tendency to fade even in unspread specimens, pos- 

 sibly due to the action of the cyanide jar; the red spotting on the 

 fringes is variable, being reduced in some specimens to the apical por- 

 tion of primaries. 



LARENTIINAE 



LlTHOSTEGE DESERTICOLA sp. nov. (PI. II, Fig. 15). 



$ . Antennae strongly bipectinate, fore tibia with claw, front protub- 

 erant; head and thorax clothed with an admixture of black and white scales; 

 primaries dark gray crossed by numerous parallel lines, in general subparallel 

 to outer margin and somewhat inwardly oblique in consequence; basal space 

 dark gray crossed by two dark lines between which is slight whitish shading; 



