NO. 1456. NEW GEOMETRJD MOTHS— WARREN. 447 



from middle of costa to one-third of inner margin, the space between 

 these two lines is speckled except along costa; a small patch of ground- 

 color appears also on inner margin be3"ond second line; cell spot linear, 

 white, touching' second line; submarginal line near margin, purplish, 

 linel}^ crenulate; a line dark marginal line; fringe yellow, with pink- 

 ish gra}" checkering liej'ond veins. 



Hindivhig. — With inner half bone-color speckled with dark; outer 

 half gray, becoming paler again along margin; cell spot white, touch- 

 ing a tine faint line, submarginal line shown only by dots on veins; 

 marginal line and fringe as in forewing. 



Under side straw-color; both wings with broad black and marginal 

 border, which in forewing extends to middle; costa of forewing and 

 marginal area reddish. 



Vertex, thorax, and abdomen ochreous and gray; face, palpi, and 

 forelegs red-brown; abdomen beneath and legs straw-colored. 



E.rpanse of ivlngs. — 25 mm. 



Locality. — St. Jean, Maroni River, French Guiana; October, 1904; 

 1 male. 



Tt/pe.—Cat. No. 9239, U.S.N.M. 



Genus HETEREPHTRA Warren. 

 HETEREPHYRA AURATA, new species. 



Forevnng. — Pale 3'ellow; the lines brownish gray; zigzag and irreg- 

 ular; first oblique outward from one-tifth of costa to one-third of inner 

 margin, projecting above median; median line from three-fourths of 

 costa, irregularly oblique and angled inward, to two-thirds of inner 

 margin, its lower third, from near rise of vein 2, straight and parallel 

 to inner line; from base to this line a gra}^ costal cloud obscures the 

 markings above the median vein; outer line irregularly zigzag, from 

 five-sixths of costa to five-sixths of inner margin, sharply angled on 

 vein 6; submarginal line thick, concave from below apex to hind mar- 

 gin at vein 4, then strongl}^ lunulate-dentate to anal angle, nearly 

 touching outer line; veins and marginal line gray; fringe 3^ellow; cell 

 spot narrow, white. 



Hindvylng , — Like forewing, but without the costal cloud and basal 

 line; the three outer lines all irregularly zigzag; veins and marginal 

 line brown. 



Under side pale yellow, with all the markings indistinct and blurred. 



Head, collar, and prothorax olive-gray like the costal cloud of fore- 

 wing; rest of thorax and abdomen yellow, sprinkled with gra3^ 



Expanse of wing H. — 25 mm. 



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

 1904. 



%?tf.— Cat. No. 9240, U.S.N.M. 



