CHLORIDEA. 



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Sect. I. (Helioclieilus). Fore wing of male witli the costa dilated and thickened 

 at middle, with an elliptical patch of ribbed hyaline membrane below 

 it and a more elongate patch in the cell ; the subcostal nervure bent 

 downwards and the veins from its extreraitj- distorted. 



A. Hind wing fulvous j^ellow Iwpata. 



B. Hind wing brown, with fulvous-j-ellow subterminal pitch... cdhidLentina. 



C. Hind wing black, with ochreous postinedial band ferveiis. 



D. Hind wing ochreous wliite, the terminal area blackish. 



a. Hind. wing with black fascia3 in submedian fold and on 



inner margin franslitcens. 



b. Hind wing without black fasciiB in submedian fold and on 



inner margin. 

 a^. Fore wing with thepostmedial line moderately dentate ■ 



and produced to white points faradoxa. 



h^. Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly dentate 

 and defined by white throughout, 

 a^. Hind wing with the postinedial line incurved at 



vein 4 cystipliora. 



h-. Hind wing with the postmedial line not incurved at 



vein 4 hyalosticta. 



41. Chloridea lupata. (Plate LV. fig. 16.) 



Hdiotliis lufatus, Grote, Can. Ent. vii. p. 224 (1875); Smith, Cat. Noct. 

 N. Am. p. 281. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous-fulvous. Fore wing 

 ochreous, suffused with fulvous on terminal half; an indistinct waved 

 subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; traces of a waved ante- 

 medial line ; orbicular represented hj a blackish point in cell ; 

 reniform blackish, with white discoidal line on it ; a medial shade 

 from lower angle of cell to inner mai^in ; the postmedial line formed 

 by a series of black points with white points on their outer edge, 

 bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved and 

 with a rufous band on its outer edge ; a terminal series of black 

 points ; cilia fuscous. Hind wing yellow tinged with rufous, espe- 

 cially towards termen ; an indistinct discoidal spot and curved 

 postmedial line ; a slight brown terminal line and line at base of 

 cilia except towards tornus. Underside of fore wing with the 

 orbicular and reniform prominent. 



Hah. U.S.A., Texas, 1 $ type. Exp. 34 millim. 



42. Chloridea albidentina. (Plate LV. fig. 15.) 



Perigea albide7iiina, W\k. xsxii. B80 (1865); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. 

 ' p." 269. 



2 . Head and thorax dull brown ; abdomen brownish ochreous 

 irrorated with dark scales. Fore wing ochreous brown suffused 

 with rufous ; the antemedial line represented by some white points ; 

 the orbicular a small dark spot with white centre ; reniform diffused,. 

 dark with white centre ; the postmedial line dentate, white with 

 black points on its inner side, curved from costa to vein 2 where it 

 is angled inwards, and with a diffused rufous band on its inner edge ; 

 some black points on termen ; cilia fuscous. Hind wing ochreous, 

 suffused with dark brown and paler towards base : an oblique dis~ 



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