NEW GEOMETRID MOTHS— WARREN. 551 



Genus PATALENE Herrich-Schaeffer. 

 PATALENE SORDIDA, new species. 



Forewing. — Dark fawn -color, with a few black speckles and striiB; 

 lines brown; the first pale and indistinct, from one-third of costa, 

 oblique outward and bent in cell, then vertical to three-fifths of inner 

 margin; outer line narrower, darker brown, from just before apex, 

 shortly oblique outward, bent on vein 7, then oblique to three-fifths 

 of inner marg-in; fringe brown; cell spot dark green with paler scales 

 round it. 



Hindwing. — With the line nearh" central. 



Under side pale fawn, with dark stride, the marginal area slight!}' 

 deeper. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous. 



Ed' pa n se of w Ings. — 24 mm. 



Locality. — Jamaica; 1 male. 



Apex of forewings nearly rectangular. 



Type.—C^t. No. 9438, U.S.N.M. 



Genus PERICLINA Guenee. 

 PERICLINA CERVINA, new species. 



Forevnng. — Male pale fawn, covered with very fine linear transverse 

 darker striae; lines hardl}' visible, but marked by faint dark dots on 

 veins; first from one-fourth of costa to one-third of inner margin; 

 outer from five-sixths of costa to two-thirds of inner margin, straight 

 with a slight curve onl}" below costa; cell spot obscure; fringe con- 

 colorous. 



Hindwing. — With the line just bevond middle, marked by dots; cell 

 spot ver}^ faint. 



Under side pinkish ochreoiis, paler than above with scarcely any 

 specklings; outer line fairly distinct from costa to middle on forewing 

 only. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings. 



Female darker, without the pink flush of the male; the strias darker; 

 both lines dark and clear, as is the cell spot, the veins slightl}' darker; 

 hindwing the same; under side more speckled than in male, with the 

 outer line distinct; head and body grayish fuscous. 



Expanse of 'icings. — 40 mm. 



Localities. — Jalapa, Mexico; 1 male: Costa Rica; 1 female. 



Closely allied to /*. arge Druce {Sahulodes). 



ryj96.— Cat. No. 9439, U.S.N.M. 



