NEW GEOMETRID MOTHS— WARREN. 419 



fused with leaden-purple; at two-thirds of inner maroiii a darker line 

 is visible as far as the base of veins 8 and 4, and another parallel just 

 beyond it; costa cream}'- \yhite; fringe broad and silky, whitish green, 

 dark at anal angle. 



JlinduHug. — Wholly leaden-purple except a bright green strip along- 

 hind margin from apex to anal angle; a distinct lilack cell spot; fringe 

 greenish white throughout. 



Under side smok}' blackish, the pale green spaces of the upper side 

 all pale ochreous, with a faint greenish tinge. 



Face and palpi ochreous (perhaps faded); vertex and shaft of 

 antenna^ white; thorax green; abdomen ochreous tinged with green. 



Expanse oftvings. — Male, 24 mm. 



Locality. — St. Jean, Maroni River, French Guiana. 



The long, silky fringe, as well as the blunter angle of the hindwing, 

 will distinguish this species from 21. ohnuhilata., to which it bears a 

 curious resemblance. 



7}//A'.-Cat. No. 91S2, U.S.N.M. 



MELOCHLORA OBNUBILATA, new species. 



Forewing. — Bright green along costal and hind margins, with a paler 

 green area reaching to median vein between the two lines; the rest of 

 the wings suffused with dull fuscous-olive; the lines dark and thick; 

 outer line at three-tifths, parallel to hind margin, followed b}' a leaden- 

 gray tinge, inner line curved, obscure above middle; cell spot small, 

 dark; a dark spot in submedian interval toward anal angle; fringe pale 

 green above middle; darker below, with a black apical dot. 



Hindwing. — Wholly suffused with fuscous-olive except the hind- 

 margin below middle; a dark line just ])e3'ond middle edged with 

 plumbeous; cell spot larger, l>lackish; fringe pale green lielow middle, 

 darker above. 



Under side pale green with the dark areas dull blackish. 



Head, shoulders, and patagia bright green; abdomen duller green; 

 under side of abdomen, legs, and palpi pale ochreous. 



Expanse of wings. — Male, 27 nmi. 



Locality. — St. Jean, Maroni River, French Guiana. 



The angle at middle of hindwing and the bulge in forewing strongl}^ 

 marked. 



Ty2}e.—C?it. No. 9183, U.S.N.M. 



MELOCHLORA VAGILINEA, new species. 



Forewing. — Pale green, with xQvy spare red-brown stria?; from 



I three-fifths of inner margin athiclv red-brown roughly lunulate-dentate 



line runs parallel to hind margin to vein 6, indicated by a dot only on 



vein 7, the marginal area beyond it, as far as vein 6, filled up with dull 



dark brown, slightly paler, more reddish in the middle; fringe and 



