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45. Chloridea paradoxa. 



Heliocheilus paradoxus, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Pbil.iv. p, 329, pi. ii. ff. 3-5 

 (1865) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 269. 



(j" . Pale brownish ochreous. Fore wing with the orbicular 

 usually present as a dark point above median nervure ; reniform 

 represented by an obscure spot ; the postmedial line represented by 

 a curved series of dark points with white points on their outer 

 edge ; some dark points on termen usually present ; cilia brownish. 

 Hind wing ochreous white, with diftused dark discoidal spot ; traces 

 of a curved postmedial line, the area beyond it suffused with fuscous 

 with a pale patch at middle. Underside of fore wing with the 

 reniform large and black and with a curved dark band beyond it ; 

 hind wing with terminal black spot below vein 2. 



Fig. 17. — Chloridea iMradoxa, (^ . \. 



5 . Fore wing with the markings more developed, the orbicular 

 and reniform spots distinct ; a dentate black postmedial line. 



Ab. 1. c? 2 much browner ; fore Aving irrorated with black ; the 

 claviform, orbicular, and reniform stigmata of female prominent and 

 with white centres ; the postmedial line with fuscous band on its 

 outer edge ; hind wing with the basal area suffused with fuscous. 



ITab. U.S.A., 1 c5' , 1 2 ; Texas, Alabama. 1 S , Colorado, 2 c5" • 

 Exj^. 26-32 millim. 



*46. Chloridea cystiphora. (Plate LXI. fig. 1.) 



Anthoecia cystiphota, Wllgrn. Wien. ent. Mou. \\. p. 172 (1860) (^ . 

 Anthoecia inflata, Wllgrn. Wien. ent. Mon. iv. p. 172 (1860) c?. 

 Anthoecia onca, Wllgrn. W^ien. ent. Mon. iv. p. 172 (1860) $. 



S . Head and thorax grey mixed with brown ; abdomen ochreous 

 mixed with brown, grey below. Fore wing grey mixed with 

 brown ; the antemedial line waved, interrupted by the hyaline 

 streaks except at costa and from cell to inner margin ; claviform 

 well developed, blackish ; orbicular obliterated by the hyaline 

 streaks ; reniform large, with blackish centre and ochreous annulus 

 defined by black ; postmedial line strongly dentate, black defined 

 by white on outer side, bent outwards below costa, excurved to 

 vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line whitish, defined by brown 

 suffusion before and beyond it, dentate and angled inwards in discal 

 fold ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing pale ochreous ; 

 the basal area suffused with brown ; a brown discoidal bar ; a strong 



