CHLOEPHORID^. i8i 



has been taken in Galway and the Queen's county, but 

 is rare. Abroad it is found throughout Central, and parts 

 of Southern Europe, in Southern Sweden, and also in 

 Asia Minor. 



Genus 2. EARIAS. 



Antennae, simple, downy ; fore wings tortriciform, blunt ; 

 thorax narrow ; abdomen slender, but short and blunt. 



1. E. chlorana, ^il&.— Expanse, | inch. Fore wings 

 short and broad, pale green ; costa arched, whitish ; hind 

 wings white. 



AntennjB slender, round, not toothed nor bristly, reddish ; 

 head and front of thorax white ; remainder of thorax pale 

 green ; abdomen short and blunt, brownish, thinly covered 

 with white scales ; legs whitish, tinged with reddish in front. 

 Fore wings short and broad, with the costa regularly arched ; 

 dorsal margin rounded at the base, thence straight ; hind 

 margin rather straight, or almost retuse before the pointed 

 apex ; deep pea-green, with the costa broadly white, especially 

 so at the base ; dorsal margin narrowly white at the base, 

 and sometimes there are whitish shades on the basal portion 

 of the disk ; cilia white. Hind wings broad, rounded behind, 

 pure white, or sometimes with a faint tinge of green at the 

 apex; cilia pure white. Under side entirely silvery-white, 

 except a tinge of greenish on the fore wings, especially at the 

 hind margin. Not very variable. 



On the wing at the end of May and through June. In 

 rare instances a partial second generation has occurred in 

 August. 



Larva stout, rather flattened beneath, tapering to each 

 extremity; seventh and succeeding segments swollen on the 

 back, in a diminishing ratio towards the tail ; on the seventh 

 and twelfth segments are pairs of dorsal tubercles. Green or 

 greenish at the sides, whitish-green on the back, edged later- 



