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VOL. ni. BROOKLYN, OCTOBER, 1880. No. 6. 



Description of some New Species of Geometrician 



By Geo. D. Hulst. 



1. Aplodes viridicaiia, sp. nov. 



Expands 14 lines. Head white; antenna dull white; palpi short. 



Body: thorax light green above, white below; abdomen white. 



Fore wings: costal edges white, body of wings clear pea green, somewhat 

 striated with white, and crossed by two white lines; the first, beginning at costa, 

 one-fourth the length of the wing from the base, straight, and meeting the pos- 

 terior margin at the same distance from base, forming with the edges of the wing 

 an equilateral triangle; the second, beginning at costa, one-fourth of the length 

 of the wing from the apex, straight, running as nearly as possible parallel with 

 outer edge of the wing, and so at the posterior margin approaching the first line. 

 Outer edge somewhat rounded ; fringe white. 



Hind wings: faintly green, marked with two white lines; the first rounded, 

 beginning close to the base, and striking the posterior margin further out. The 

 second broader, merging somewhat with the ground color of Wing on outer edge. 

 The green is more pronounced between the two bands than elsewhere on the 

 hind wings ; fringes white. 



Underneath as above; green less pronounced, most distinct on the fore half 

 of the front wings; surface somewhat lustrous; lines somewhat indistinct. 



Four specimens. Colorado. 



Near SyncMora tricoloraria and Aplodes rubrifontaria, but with- 

 out any red or ochreous color, with white lines broader, the inner one 

 on the fore wing straight, the outer further from external margin, and 

 the inner one of hind wing much more curved and less parallel with 

 the outer. 



