Geometridac of the Argentine Republic. 345 
long-stalked, SC^ running into SC^'^ (or, SC^ absent, SC^ 
connected by SC^ '^ by a bar), discocell ular, nearly vertical; 
hindwing with cell rather long, C free, nearly parallel to 
SC (not very close) to fully one-half cell, thence gradually 
diverging. 
261. Melanchroia chephise (Stoll). 
\Plialaena Geometra] chephise, Stoll, Cramer’s Pap. Exot., 
iv, 182, tab. ccclxxxi, E (1782) {Phalaena Geometra 
cephise, ibid.. Index, 248). 
Phalaena eorraria, Fabricius, Mant. Ins., ii, 881 (1787). 
Melanchroia cephise, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett., 173 
(1826 ?). 
Callimorpha cephise, Verloren, Cat. Lep. Crameri, 142 
(1837). 
Tanagraif) expositata,WQ\keY, List Lep. Ins., xxv, 1461 
(1862). 
Tucuman (Burmeister). 
Widely distributed from the southern United States, 
Mexico and the West Indies to Paraguay and southern 
Brazil, but I have at present no other records for Argentina 
than that contained in Burmeister’s Descr. Phys. Rep. 
Argent. 
Explanation of Plate XLVIII. 
[See Explanation facing the Plate.] 
