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NO. 1456. NEW a FX)METRID MOTHS— WARREN. 425 



Shoulders, thorax, and dorsum green; face, palpi, patagia, crests of 

 the dorsum, and metathorax metallic lilac; abdomen beneath and at 

 sides and the legs pale ochreous; forelegs in front "deep lilac; anal 

 tuft ochreous, mixed with lilac. 



Expanse of wings. — Male, 36 nmi. 



LocdJ'ity. — St. Jean, Maroni River, French Guiana. 



Distinguished from 0. vlolaeea Warren b}- its larger size, speckled 

 costa, and better defined marginal borders. 



Type.— Cfit. No. 9195, U.s"^N.M. 



RACHEOLOPHA LONGIPALPIS, new species. 



FoTt'wlng. — Grass-green, covered with faint brownish strife; cell 

 spot blackish, minute; a dull red-brown marginal border, thickly 

 black speckled; its inner edge is luimlato l)etween the veins; oblique 

 from apex to vein 6; then parallel to margin to vein 3, along which it 

 runs backwards and again oblique to inner margin at three-fifths; 

 fringe red-brown. 



Wndiolng . — With the margin occupying quite half the wing, its 

 inner edge starting from three-fifths of costa and ending at two-fifths 

 of inn^r margin, with a subquadrate sinus between veins 2 and 6. 



Under side of forewing suffused with vinous except along costa and 

 inner margin, the marginal border black, vinous at apex; fringe black, 

 with the basal line red; costal edge 3'ellow; hindwing with the black 

 border submarginal, edged with vinous; the basal submarginal areas 

 pale green. 



Palpi very long, deep red above, pale green below; face olive; ver- 

 tex white; antennte reddish; thorax and dorsum green, the tufts 

 metallic dark red; abdomen beneath whitish green, with a short red 

 lateral stripe. 



Expanse of wings. — Female, 46 mm. 



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



Forewings subfalcate; hind wings sinuous. 



Type.—<^^i. No. 9196, U.S.N.M. 



RACHEOLOPHA NIVETACTA, new species. 



Forewing. — Deep green, striated in places with whitish, the disk 

 'beyond cell between veins 2 and 6 white with olive striw; cell spot 

 large, dark fuscous; costal area above subcostal vein ferruginous 

 ispeckled with blackish; large white marginal spots at the ends of the 

 veins running into the yellowish green fringe. 



Ilindiring. — Similar, the white discal space reaching to base and 

 iOccup3"ing the whole wing except the margins; cell spot smaller. 



Under side iridescent whitish green; the fringe the same; costa of 

 forewing ferruginous; vertex, antennte, face, palpi, and front of fore- 



