4:66 Descriptions of New Species of American Birds. 



6, £ Endropia textrinaria. 



7, £ Endropia arefactaria. 



8, £ Ellopia bibularia. 



9, 2 Ellopia pellucidaria. 



10, 2 Ellopia endropiaria. 



11, 2 Ennomos coloradaria. 



12, £ Eupithecia anguilineata. 



13, 2 Cidaria cumatilis. 



14, $ Cidaria atricolorata. 



15, £ Melanchroia regnatrix. 



16, £ Pantographa limata. 

 17,? Pantographa limata. 



18, £ Haeraorrhagia buffaloensis. 



19, 2 Haeraorrhagia buffaloensis. 



20, £ Haeraorrhagia floridensis. 



XLYI. — Descriptions of New Species of American Birds. 

 By Geo. N. Lawrence. 



Eead May 13, 1S6T. 



1. Euphoiiia purpurea. 



Male. Front, throat and upper part of the breast deep golden 

 yellow, lower part of breast, abdomen and under tail coverts of a 

 lighter yellow ; entire upper plumage, including the wing coverts, 

 of a fine violet purple ; tail black, the outer three feathers white 

 on their inner webs at the end, for half their length on the outer 

 two, but much less in extent on the third ; quills black, the second- 

 aries have their outer margins dull purplish blue, the bases of the 

 inner primaries and secondaries white on the inner webs for three 

 quarters their length ; bill and feet black. 



Length 31 in. ; wing 2 T 3 -g ; tail 1^ ; tarsi T 9 -g. 



Habitat. — South America, precise locality unknown. 



