678 CATALOGUE OF 



Body moderately stout. Proboscis moderately long:. Palpi 

 porrect, rather slender, extending some distance beyond the head ; 

 third joint lanceolate, about one-third of the length of the second. 

 Antennae simple, about half the length of the body. Abdomen ex- 

 tending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs rather slender; hind 

 tibice with long spurs. Fore wings moderately broad, straight in 

 front, slightly angular at the tips, straight and moderately oblique 

 along the exterior border. 



ILantkia viridescens and X. prasina may belong to this genus. 



1. Chloridea Rhexi^;. 



Viridis ,- a he anticce fasciis obliquis et macularum marginibus 

 saturatioribus ; posticce albce, margine cupreo. 



Phalaena Rhexiae, Abbot §• Smith, Lep. Ins. Georg. ii. 199, pi. 100. 

 Chloridea Rhexiae, Westw. Nat. Libr. xxxvii. Exot. Moths, 198, pi. 



24, f. 3. 

 Aspila Rhexiag, Guen. Noct. ii. 175, 922. 



a, b. East Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 

 c — e. Georgia. From Mr. Milne's collection. 

 f—h. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 

 I. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



2. Chloridea virescens. 



Viridis, subtus alba; palpi pedesque ex parte rosei ; abdomen tes- 

 taceum ; alee anticce fasciis tribus saturatioribus, exteriore 

 plus obliquo, costa subrosea ; posticce alba, margine exteriore 

 fuscescente, interiore testaceo. 



Noctua virescens, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 280, 72. Oliv. Enc. Meth. 



vii. 269. 

 Aspila virescens, Guen. Noct. ii. 175, 923. 



West Indies. 



agxs 

 3a 



3. Chloridea subflexa. 

 Alee anticce pallidissime jlavescente-virides, apices versus magis 

 attenuates, fasciis tribus olimceo-viridi valde nebulosis, 3a 

 apud medium flexa, maculis submarginalibus vagis obscuris, 

 margine exteriore subconcavo ; posticce Candida, opalince. 



Aspila subflexa, Guen. Noct. ii. 175, 924. 



North America. 



