NEW GEOMETRIT) MOTHS— WARREN. 455 



Genus PTYCHOPODA Stephens. 

 PTYCHOPODA FINITA, new species. 



Forawing. — Yellowi.sh ochreous, somewhat olossy; a small l)laek cell 

 spot; above it on the costa a slight dark spot and another on inner 

 margin, between which a faint median line can be traced; outer line 

 purplish black from quite two-thirds of costa straight toward anal 

 angle as far as submedian fold, along which it runs shortly basewards, 

 then vertical to inner margin; the marginal area purplish gray, except 

 the apex, which remains ochreous; a row of dark marginal dashes 

 between the veins; fringe ochreous. 



Illndwing. — With the margin purplish gray from apex to anal angle, 

 edged inwardly by the dark outer line; ceil spot dark; fringe ochreous. 



Under side like upper, but the costa of forewing rosy tinged. 



Face and palpi purplish; vertex white; thorax and abdomen ochreous; 

 the dorsum tinged with brownish. 



Ex^:>a7ise ofwt)ujH. — 15 mm. 



Locality. — Cayenne, French Guiana; 1 male, February, 19(U. 



Resembles Ptychopoda llinltata Warren, from Venezuela, but the 

 margin is much darker. 



Ty2)e.—C2it. No. 9253, U.S.N.M. 



PTYCHOPODA FISSILINEA, new species. 



Foregoing .—Y qWo^ ., with deep rosy markings; costa purplish rosy 

 to median line; tirst line from one-third of costa, obliquely curved 

 inward; median wav3% inbent to touch the small cell spot and again 

 below middle; outer line from three-fourths, thick and denticulate, 

 strongly incurved on submedian fold, followed closely by a purplish 

 dentate shade, the interval in one case filled up with purplish so as to 

 form a band; a narrow purplish shade before margin, obsolete below 

 middle; fringe yellow, broad; no marginal spots. 



Hind/uoing. — With the base purplish and a thick antemedian purplish 

 line straight from one-third of costa to middle of inner margin; the 

 rest as in forewing. 



Under side with the markings clearer. 



Face and palpi deep rosy; vertex and antennae white; thorax and 

 abdomen yellow, more or less tinged with red; in one female wholh' red. 



Exjjanse ofvj'mgs. — Male, 11 mm.; female, 13 mm. 



Locality. — Cayenne, French Guiana; 1 male, 2 females, January, 

 February, and June, 1904. 



The hind margin of hindwings is strongly rounded. 



Typt.—OiX. No. 9254, U.S.N.M. 



