NO. 1456. Xi^JW (lEOMETRW MOTHS— WARREN. 515 



Expanse ofuiings. — 37 mm. 



Locdlify. — Orizaba, Mexico; 1 male. 



Though I have placed thi.s species in PJierott'sU; Schaus, ])y reason 

 of the presence of a distinct radial in the hindwing, it differs consider- 

 ably in appearance from other species, and will probabl}- require a 

 genus for itself. In both wings the discocellular is triangulate, the 

 radial in each case rising from the lower, outward angulation. 



Type.—V'^i. No. 9370, U.S.N.M. ' 



Genus PHYSOCLEORA Warren. 

 PHYSOCLEORA ALBIBRUNNEA, new species. 



Foreimng. — White, the basal and marginal areas deep brown; the 

 first and third lines black from a little before one-third and two-thirds 

 of the costa; the first curved to the outer edge of the large pale fovea; 

 the outer outcurved above to vein 3, then incurved to submedian fold, 

 and thence vertical to three-fifths of inner margin; an interrupted 

 blackish median line outcurved round the black cell spot; submarginal 

 line slightly paler, being preceded by a deeper brown shade; marginal 

 spots black; fringe brown. 



Hlndwlnxj. — With basal half white; a broad darkantemedian shade; 

 outer line followed b}'' a narrow pale line (which is less evident in the 

 forewing); anal area of marginal space whitish. 



Under side like upper, but the dark markings more diffuse and 

 fuscous. 



Face and palpi dark brown; vertex, shoulders, and patagia white; 

 thorax and metathorax brown; al)domen white, with a narrow dark 

 belt at base, and the third and fourth segments lilackish. 



Expanse of vying s. — 15 mm. 



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

 1904. 



Type.—Cvii. No. 9371, U.S.N.M. 



PHYSOCLEORA CRETARIA, new species. 



Foregoing. — Chalk- white; costa dark gra}" at base, with four dark 

 spots at origin of lines, with black spots between them; first and sec- 

 ond large and diffuse, formed of olive and Ijlack scales, oblique out- 

 ward; third small and black; fourth largest, oblique inward, of olive 

 scales; the first three at one-fourth, one-half, and two-thirds; the lines 

 marked by olive scales; first angled in cell; second on vein 6; the first 

 curved inward, the second sinuous, the third outcurved from 6 to 2, 

 and forming a sinus inward on submedian fold, marked by black 

 spots on veins 6 and 1, and a black blotch above and l)elow vein 4, fol- 

 lowed by an incomplete olive shade; the submarginal shade preceding 

 submarginal line rises from the fourth costal blotch, is marked by an 



