no. 1601. NHW SOUTH AMERICAN GEOMETRID MOTHS— WARREN. 95 
CNOTHALIA RUFARIA, new species. 
Fore wing.—Dull brick red, with dense finely darker striae; a dark 
cell spot, followed on vein 5 by a small yellowish patch; there are 
traces of an outer line marked by black and white dots on the veins; 
fringe concolorous. 
Hind wing.—The same, but without any yellow spot. Under side 
dull yellowish gray, speckled with rufous; the fore wing redder 
toward outer margin. 
Head and thorax rufous (abdomen wanting); antenne strongly 
bipectinate. 
Hapanse of wings.—30 mm. 
Locality.—One male from Rio Janeiro, Brazil. 
Type.—Cat. No. 11382, U.S.N.M. 
PHELLINODES MEGALOPHYSA, new species. 
Fore wing.—Gray with a brownish tinge, thickly vermiculated with 
darker; costa with more distinct dark strie, especially at base; apical 
portion of wing beyond cell above vein 4 smoky fuscous, containing 
a subquadrate snow-white blotch between veins 5 and 7, around which 
the shading is blacker, while above it the costal area remains of the 
paler ground color; obliquely above the outer corner of the white 
blotch are two minute white dots; immediately beyond the cell above 
vein 4 is a diffuse black spot; fringe brownish from apex to vein 5, 
pale gray below. 4 
Hind wing.—\ike fore wing in ground color, without markings; 
costal area without darker freckling; outer margin diffusely darker. 
Under side whiter, with the freckling darker and coarser; inner half 
of fore wing below the cell fold to near anal angle blurred gray; the 
white blotch with a grayish ochreous space above it along costa. 
Head, thorax, and abdomen dull gray; palpi fuscous; pectus and 
legs whitish. 
Hapanse of wings.—44 mm. 
Locality.—A. pair from St. Jean, Maroni River, French Guiana. 
Type.—Cat. No. 11377, U.S.N.M. 
HAMMAPTERA OBNUBILATA, new species. 
Fore wing—Dull olive green, traversed in basal two-thirds by 
dark fuscous coalescent lines, all but obliterating the ground color, 
the edges of the band between basal patch and central fascia being 
somewhat more evident; outer edge of fascia projecting beaklke on 
vein 4, followed by a cream-colored band suffused with pale green; 
beyond this pale band the terminal area is a mixture of dark green 
and pink, with diffuse blackish blotches at costa, beyond cell, and 
