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N"i^'C. .V/:n' CEOMETRIT) MOTHS— WAniiEX. 505 



Ilind-wrmj. — With an antemedian pale brown shade; the teeth of (lie 

 outer line more strongly marked and followed l>y a Itrond ])al(> Id-own 

 shade; marginal line stronger. 



Under side cream-white; costa of hoth wings with gray stria'. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings. 



E.Tjxohse of tninys. — 60 mm. 



Local ttij. — Castro, Parana, Brazil; 1 female. 



7}/y^^.— Cat. No. 9354, U.S.N.M. 



Genus BRYOPTERA Guenee. 

 BRYOPTERA ALBIPLAGA, new species. 



Foreir/iKj. — White, more or less covered with olive and dull lilac 

 suffusion, the pale parts with olive strije; basal two-thirds of costa 

 olive-di'ab; lines black, velvety, irregularly crinkled; tirst from one- 

 fourth of costa to one-third of inner margin, angled in cell and pre- 

 ceded b}' an olive shade; outer line at two-thirds, parallel throughout 

 to hind margin, followed by a broad band of oli\e and lilac scales, 

 which till up the hmules of the whitish submarginal line; marginal 

 area with olive-green stride, which are thickened along the submarginal 

 line; some dark green spots between veins along margin; fringe whit- 

 irjh, mottled with olive; cell spot large, l)lack, followed 'by a double 

 median line running parallel to the outer line; the cell beyond inner 

 line forms a prominent white blotch, and there is a smaller white blotch 

 at base of inner margin, containing a dark spot at base beneath sul)- 

 median vein. 



Ilindwing. — Without basal line, the rest as in forew^ng, but the 

 lines clearer; the base of wing is white, and a large white l)lotch 

 between cell spot and outer line, extending to costa. 



Under side greenish ochreous; the outer two-hfths dark greenish 

 fuscous, leaving the extreme margin and fringe ochreous; cell spots 

 black. 



Head, shoulders, patagia, and thorax pale pearl-graj^; tips of patagia 

 with black scales intermixed; basal segments of abdomen white with 

 dark speckling; rest'of abdomen grayish olive; palpi externalh^ dark 

 olive-brown; and a bar of the same color across middle of face. 



Expanse of wings. — 40 mm. 



Locality. — St. Jean, iMaroni Riv^er, French Guiana; I female, April, 

 1904. 



Distinguished by its general moss-green appearance. 



Type.— Cvit. No! 935.5, U.S.N.M. 



BRYOPTERA NIGRILINEATA, new species. 



Forevnng. — Whitish, overlaid with moss-green and pale lilac scales; 

 these last restricted to the marginal space ])eyond outer line and to the 

 base of inner margin; tirst line thick, dark green, from before one- 



