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NOCTTJID^. 



61, Oxyios citrinellus. 



Hdiothis citrinellus, Grote & Rob. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. iii. p. 180, pi. ii. 

 f. 79 (1870) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 272. 



c? . Head and thorax very pale yellow ; abdomen white, the anal 

 tuft ochreous. Tore wing uniform very pale yellow. Hind wing 

 white, with black discoidal lunule and terminal band leaving some 



Fig, V^.— Oxyios citrinellus, (^ . \. 



white on termen towards tornus. Underside of fore wing with the 

 costal area tinged with fuscous, the orbicular and reuiform stigmata 

 and subterminal and terminal bands fuscous. 



Ilab. U.S.A., Texas, 1 c? , Grrote Coll., Colorado. E.vj). 30 millim. 



Genus CHLOROCLEPTRIA, nov. 



Type, €'. siiivplex. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely porrect, extending well beyond 

 frons, the 2nd joint fringed with hair below, the 3rd moderate; frons with 

 I'ounded prominence ; eyes large, rounded ; antennae of male ciliated ; head 

 and thorax smoothly clothed with hair ; fore tibife with a long curved claw and 

 two spines on inner side and four claws on outer ; mid and hind tibiis spined. 

 Fore wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell, 5 from above angle ; 6 from 

 upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. 

 Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; .5 obsolescent from middle of 

 discocellulars ; 6, 7 shortly stalked. 



62. Chlorocleptria simplex. 



Sckinia simplex. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xviii. p. 129 (1891) ; id. 

 Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 276. 



S . Head and thorax yellowish white, tinged with pale green ; 

 palpi, pectus, legs, and abdomen pale yellow. Fore wing pale 

 vellow-green, the costal area whitish 2;reen. Hind wins,- ochreous 



Fig. 20. — Chlorocleptria simplex, J. \. 



yellow, with some fuscous scales just below and in end of cell and on 

 terminal area especially towards apex. Underside yellow, the cilia 

 of fore wing pale green. 



Nab. U.S.A., Colorado, Colorado Springs, 1 c? . Ex2^. 32 millim. 



