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CHLORIDEA RHEXI.K. 



PLATE XXIV. Fig. 3. 



Phal. Rhexiae, Abbot and Smith, Lepid. Georg., pi. 100. 



The insect to which we have applied the above 

 generic name is apparently allied to Xanthia of 

 Curtis, but not only differs in the character of the 

 colouring, but in several other respects. The upper 

 wings are long, rather narrow, and triangular, the 

 outer margin rounded, and having no tendency to a 

 subfalcate shape; the thorax robust and crested. 

 The caterpillar has eight abdominal and two anal, 

 besides the usual number of pectoral legs. Not 

 having had an opportunity of examining specimens, 

 we cannot enter into the examination of the minute 

 parts of structure. 



The moth is very finely coloured, and bears some 

 resemblance, in that respect, to our native Tortrlx 

 prasinana. The upper wings are green, with three 

 transverse stripes of yellow, a kidney shaped mark 

 on the disk, and a smaller rounded one before it ; 

 thorax green; abdomen and hinder wings white, 

 tinted with reddish-brown, the colour becoming 



