NO. 1456. NEW GEOMETRID MOTHS— WARREN. 415 



veins 4 and 5 to touch the pale border, its center bearing a line of rose- 

 colored scales; a tine interrupted purplish brown marginal line; fringe 

 cream-colored. 



Hlndwlng . — With the green area still more restricted, not reaching 

 above subcostal vein, the pale basal patch much larger; discocellular 

 with an oval white spot at top joined by a tine curved line to another 

 below, from which the pointed streak runs to the border. 



Under side iridescent white, with the dark and light shades showing 

 through. 



Palpi above and front of forelegs reddish brown; face greenish above, 

 paler below; vertex white; shoulders, thorax, and base of patagia 

 green; tips of patagia purplish; abdomen greenish at base, becoming 

 whitish toward anal segment, the dorsal crests reddish. 



Expanse of wings. — Male, 50 mm. 



Locality. — Omai, British Guiana. 



Type.—VM. No. 9174, U.S.N.M. 



Genus COMIB^ENA Hubner. 

 COMIBiENA FLAVICOMA, new species. 



Forewing. — Grass-green, without markings, except a gra}^ patch on 

 inner margin, before middle below vein 1; cell spot black; fringe 

 greenish yellow. 



Ilindwing. — Green, with a large primrose basal patch, edged by a 

 thick black line, angled on vein 6 and again on 4, then incurved and 

 purplish, followed by a rusty line, which is only clearly separate above 

 6 and below 4; the extreme base and inner margin narrowly green; 

 fringe pale green. 



Under side paler, yellow-green; costa of forewing 3xllow; inner 

 margin of forewing, costa of hindwing, and the basal patch whitish. 



Face and vertex snow-white; thorax and abdomen green, abdomen 

 beneath, and legs white; antennte white, yellowish beneath. 



Expanse of vying s. — 19 mm. 



Locality. — Surinam River, Dutch Guiana; 1 male. 



Type.—(^2it. No. 9175, U.S.N.M. 



Genus DRUCIA Warren. 

 DRUCIA EXCRESCENS, new species. 



Forewing. — Very pale, greenish, semihyaline; the markings deep 

 brick-red, with darker red-brown striae; a small diffusely edged patch 

 lat base, followed by an oblique oval blotch from median vein to inner 

 imargin; outer half of wing brick-red, its inner edge lunulate between 

 the veins, containing a sinus of pale ground-color between 3 and 4, 

 which curves downward at its extremity nearly to vein 2; fringe 



