Scudder.] 88 [March 7, 



Paroxya recta Scudd. 3 <$ and a pupa were taken at Ft. Reed 

 May 1-2; another pupa April 10; taken at Enterprise, Florida, by 

 Messrs. Hubbard and Schwarz, May 15 (No. 423). 



Paroxya atlantica Scudd. 6 d", 2 ?, were taken at Ft. Reed: 

 the e April 2-20, the ? April 23. 



Arnilia ehlorizans (Walk.). 10 d% 2 ?, Ft. Reed, April 21 - 

 May 1. Appalachicola (Thaxter). 



Leptysma marginicollis (Serv.) Stal. 7 d", 2 ?, Ft. Reed, 

 April 7 -May 2; taken at Enterprise, May 25, by Messrs. Hubbard 

 and Schwarz (No. 421), and at Appalachicola by Mr. Thaxter. 



Achurum brevipenne (Thom.). A large number of mature 

 specimens were taken at. Ft. Reed between April 5 and May 1, 

 together with a few pupas. It appears to have been an abundant 

 species, and Mr. Comstock remarks that both the form and coloring 

 of the insect appear to be protective ; the insect occurs on the " wire- 

 grass " which grows in the sand among the saw-palmettos; and so 

 closely do their brown linear bodies resemble dry grass, that it is 

 very difficult to perceive them. 



Amblytropidia subhyalina Scudd. 8 d\ 4 9, mostly at Ft. 

 Reed, April 1 7 - May 1 ; taken at Ft. Capron in April, by Messrs. 

 Hubbard and Schwarz (No. 435), and at Appalachicola by Mr. 

 Thaxter. 



Abbe Provancher has sent me this species from Quebec, Canada ! 

 It was described by him as Chloealtis canadensis. 



Chloealtis viridis Scudd. 19 d", 21 9, mostly at Ft. Reed (the 

 others at Jacksonville); the males April 11 -May 6, the females 

 April 22 -May 6 ; a large number of larva? and pupae were also taken 

 at Ft. Reed, April 8-28; taken May 18th at Enterprise, by Messrs. 

 Hubbard and Schwarz (No. 449). 



Chrysochraon obscurus nov. sp. Dark yellowish brown. 

 Head prominent, projecting, the face more than usually oblique in 

 the male; fastigium of vertex moderately broad, elongated, acute- 

 angled, convex, scarcely declivant, bluntly rounded at the tip ; lat- 

 eral foveolae pretty strongly depressed in front, with obscure inner 

 border ovate- subquadrate, about twice as long as broad ; frontal costa 

 deeply sulcate, especially above the ocellus, narrowing at summit, 

 broadening on lower half; whole front distantly and faintly punctate; 

 whole head dotted very sparsely with black, and in the male striped 

 above and on sides with the same ; summit of head transversely and 

 faintly wrinkled ; antenna? a little depressed, light brown, deepening 



