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CHLORIDEA RHEXIjE. 
PLATE XXIV. Fig. 3. 
Phal. Rhexicc, Abbot and Smith, Lepid. Georg., pi. 100. 
The insect to which we have applied the above 
generic name is apparently allied to Xanthia of 
Curtis, but not only differs in the character of the 
colouring, but in several other respects. The upper 
wings are long, rather narrow, and triangular, the 
outer margin rounded, and having no tendency to a 
subfalcate shape; the thorax robust and crested. 
The caterpillar has eight abdominal and two anal, 
besides the usual number of pectoral legs. Not 
having had an opportunity of examining specimens, 
we cannot enter into the examination of the minute 
parts of structure. 
The moth is very finely coloured, and bears some 
resemblance, in that respect, to our native Tortrix 
prasinana. The upper wings are green, with three 
transverse stripes of yellow, a kidney shaped mark 
on the disk, and a smaller rounded one before it ; 
thorax green; abdomen and hinder wings white, 
tinted with reddish-brown, the colour becoming 
