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198 CHLORIDEA RHEXIÆ.

PLATE XXIV. Fig. 3. Phal. Rhexiæ, Abbot and Smith, Lepid. Georg., pl. 100. 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