so.im. VENEZUELAN SYNTOMID MOTHS— KLAdES. 549 



the nervures. Fore wing- with metallic blue or hlue-oreen spot at 

 base of subcostal ner\aire; underneath with the inner area silvery as 

 far as covered normally by the hind wino-. Ilintl wing with the costal 

 area silvery as far as covered normally l)y the fore wing-. 



Female.— T\i(d patches on fore coxa^ are reduced to spots and the 

 legs without white streaks; the inner area on underside of fore wing, 

 and the costal area on upper side of hind wing grayish brown. 



Expanse. — 88-42 mm. 



Ilahifat. — Suapure, Venezuela. 



Types. — C'Ai. No. 8427, U.S.N.M., and in collection of the author. 



The metallic hues are subject to variation, a few speciuKMis having the 

 upperside of the wings ditiused with dark cupreous green, and the 

 underside, as well as the markings on head and body, shows a corre- 

 sponding change. 



This species bears a striking resemblance to A.rnjj>Ji!a Fabricius, but, 

 as the hind wing has vein 2 given oft' from toward angle of cell while 

 the discocellulars are as in ^4. panacea Druce, it constitutes a new 

 generic section forming a connection l)etween the sections of which 

 the former and latter species are representative. The foi-mer species 

 should be placed after .-I. Keaddid Butler. 



Named after my neighbor, Mr. William B. Quartz. 



SCIOPSYCHE AURANTICAUDA, new species. 



Female. — Head, thorax, and legs ])lack; abdomen with the first four 

 segments above, and the first three below black; the underside of 

 third segment with ventral patch and some scales along edge brownish 

 white; the last ventral segment and anal tufts yellow; the other seg- 

 ments, and lateral spots on fourth dorsal segment orange; wings with 

 the veins, and margins very narrowly, brown black. Fore wing with 

 the interspaces rather thinly clothed with brown black scales. Hind 

 wing semihyaline, the tenninal and inner areas ineguhuly suft'used 

 with brown-black. 



Expani<e.'—?j'l mm. 



Ilahifat. — Suapun% Venezuela. 



Ti/pes.—Cat. No. 842S, U.S.N.M., and in collection of the author. 



While the venation in this species does not agree exactly with the 

 genus Sc!nj}.sycJu\ yet the writer does not regard it as diftering enough 

 to warrant the founding of another new genus. 



NAPATA VENEZUELENSIS, new species. 



Male. — Brown-black; palpi in front, frons, and front of basal joint 

 of antenna? white; head back of eyes with metallic blue stripes edged 

 behind with w^hite; some scales on vertex, patches on tegulte, meso 

 and metathorax, shoulders and pectus, the inner edge of patagia, and 

 suffused streaks on legs metallic blue, the patches on shoulders with 



