NO. 1456. NEW GEOMETRID MOTHS— WARREN. 479 



TEPHROCLYSTIA CONSORS, new species. 



Forewimi. — Dark fawn-color, overlaid in basal three-tifth.s with 

 black lines and a mixture of black and white .scales; basal patch 

 sharpl}^ angled outward in cell and on submedian fold; inner edge of 

 central fascia black, oblique, straight outward to middle of cell, 

 and touching the black cell spot, there acutely angled and oblique 

 inward; the band preceding more clearl}" fawn-color, outer edge 

 nearly vertical, projecting slightly at vein 6, and clearly angled on 

 submedian fold; it is preceded by two or three obscure blackish lines; 

 submarginal line waved, white, preceded by a black shade which 

 forms a double black blotch })etween 4 and 6, connected with cen- 

 tral fascia by a patch of whitish scales, and an angled black mark 

 before a white spot on submedian fold; externally it is edged with 

 black and connected by black lines with the black interrupted dashes 

 of the marginal line; fringe brown, mottled with darker beyond the 

 veins. 



Hlndwing. — Fawn-color, with an olive tinge and without any black 

 suffusion; a straight wavy blackish postmedian line preceded by three 

 lines at equal distances apart; a marginal deeper shade, separated from 

 it by a pale band and containing the indistinct dentate submarginal 

 line. 



Under side shining pale gray, with concisely curved darker bands; 

 area from base to outer line darker, the line distinct and black at costa; 

 cell spots black; band before submarginal line darker; base of costa 

 of forewing blackish. 



Face and vertex fawn-color; palpi and thorax blackish; abdomen 

 dark fawn, with blackish dorsal tufts, a blackish ring on second seg- 

 ment, and black lateral lines; anal tuft white. 



Expanse of wings. — 22 mm. 



Locality. — Orizaba, Mexico; 1 male. 



This species must be allied to T. cercina Druce, also from Mexico, 

 and it is possible that in a long series both forms might be united. 



Type.~C^t. No. 9303, U.S.N.M. 



TEPHROCLYSTIA DEFIMBRIATA, new species. 



Forewing. — Gray, with a slight luteous tinge along cell; the lines 

 darker, but very fine; basal area darker gray, crossed and limited by 

 I a dark line; the band following pale with a dark gray thread; bands 

 edging the central fascia dark gray only on costa, where they form 

 square blotches, the outer edge lunulate-dentate, the te; th pointing 

 inward, the lines preceding it marked darker on veins; cell -spot black- 

 ish; band beyond gra}^ with a dark thread; outer margin dark gray, 

 traversed by a pale gray lunulate submarginal line, the lunules filled 

 up with blackish; marginal dashes black between the veins; fringe 

 mottled dark and light gray, the outer half much paler. 



