XEW GEOMETIUD MOTHS— WARREN. 445 



a marginal series of black-brown dashes, tliose below oosta confluent; 

 fringe rufous, with purplish base. 



Hindwlng . — With simple black cell spot preceded by a ferruginous 

 antemedian line, outer line more sinuous than the forewing; the iron- 

 gra}" marginal shade most distinct at apex, and the brown lunules 

 toward anal angle. 



lender side pearl}' white, the forewing, except along inner margin, 

 suti'used with purplish gray, deepening along costa and hind margin; 

 cell spot and outer line thick and dark; fringe rufous; hindwing with 

 a dark purplish cloud only along apex, narrowing to anal angle; cell 

 spot and outer line faintl}' marked; fringe rufous with pale l)ase. 



Face, palpi externally, and shoulders blackish piirple; collar dark 

 brown; vertex and base of antennae white; thorax and abdomen pearl- 

 gray, the latter with dark segmental marks; fore and middle legs 

 externally purplish fuscous. 



Kv^ant^e of wings. — 22 mm. 



Locality. — St. Jean, Maroni River, French Guiana; 1 male, March, 

 1904. 



Ti/j)e.— Cut No. 9236, U.8.N.M. 



HiEMALEA FRAGMENTARIA, new species. 



Foreioing. — Pearl-gray, speckled with dark ferruginous; costa black- 

 ish gra}'; the lines dark ferruginous, much as in fervens Butler; the 

 basal line is incurved below median A^ein; median line bisinuate, the 

 upper sinus touching the ferruginous cell spot; outer line less iiexuous, 

 only slightly bent above vein 6 and bluntly right-angled between 2 

 and 3; submarginal shade broken up into ferruginous lunular patches 

 with slight]}' paler edging; marginal line thick, blackish; fringe gray 

 and ferruginous. 



Ilindiving. — Without inner line; a slight dark marginal shade 

 beyond submarginal line from apex to middle; this is also present, but 

 less conspicuous, in the forewing. 



Under side dull whitish, in foi'ewing with a slight gray flush; costa, 

 cell spot, outer and marginal lines fuscous; hindwing with only mar- 

 ginal line and shade. 



Head and antenna^ purplish; vertex and l)asal joint of antenna^ white; 

 collar and shoulders more reddish purple; thorax, patagia, and abdo- 

 men pearl-gray ; segments of dorsum marked with gray and ferruginous. 



Expanse of xiyings. — 26 nun. 



Locality. — St. Jean, Maroni River, French Guiana; 1 male. July, 

 1904. 



Very near fervens Butler; distinguished by the breaking up of the 

 submarginal band. 



Tyjje.— Cat. No. 9237, U.S.N.M. 



