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male in the primaries having the second line only indicated by a few spots, and in having a large dark 
fawn-coloured mark ‘einch from the anal angle partly over the wing and along the outer margin. 
Expanse, ¢ 12, 2 1,4 inch. 
Hab. Mexico, Milpas i in Durango 5900 feet (Forrer), Las Vigas (coll. Schaus). 
Apparently a variable species. A female from Las Vigas has the primaries bright 
lemon-yellow, almost entirely without markings. Our figures are taken from a pair 
belonging to Mr. Schaus, who informs me that S. neda is a common insect at Las 
Vigas. 
6. Sicya myron, sp.n. (Tab. XLV. figg. 12, ¢; 13, 9.) 
Male. Primaries reddish-orange, darker at the apex and yellower along the costal margin, with a black dot 
at the end of the cell, and a very faint pinkish line extending from the apex to the inner margin; 
secondaries pale yellowish-fawn-colour, paler at the base; the fringe of both wings fawn-colour; the 
underside paler than above: head, thorax, abdomen, legs, and antenne reddish-fawn-colour. The 
female has the primaries yellow, heavily blotched with dark brownish-fawn-colour, and the lines wide 
and very distinct. Expanse, ¢ 9,14 inch. 
Hab. Mexico, Las Vigas (coll. Schaus). 
Two pairs. 
7. Sicya (?) ascolia, sp.n. (Tab. XLV. fig. 14, 3.) 
Male. Primaries brownish-orange, crossed from the costal to the inner margin by two faint brown lines—the 
first near the base and very indistinct, the second beyond the middle,—the second one edged with a grey 
line on the outer side, a small dark brown spot at the end of the cell; secondaries pale fawn-colour, 
paler at the base and along the costal margin, with a faint brown line crossing about the middle; the 
fringe brownish-orange, that of the secondaries paler; the underside very pale greyish-fawn-colour, 
whitish at the apex and along the outer margin of the primaries, the lines as above but very faint: head, 
thorax, abdomen, antenne, and legs brownish-orange. Expanse 14 inch. 
Hab. Mexico, Las Vigas (coll. Schaus), Amecameca (F. D. G.). 
Six examples, no two of which are alike in colour. Some specimens are very pale 
fawn-colour, with the lines crossing the wings dark brown. 
ACROTOMIA. 
Acrotomia, Herrich-Schaffer, Samm]. aussereur. Schmett. p. 64 (1850-58). 
A single species, from Mexico, A. viminaria, was placed under this generic name by 
Herrich-Schaffer ; I refer seven others to it. 
1. Acrotomia viminaria. 
Cratoptera viminaria, Herr.-Schaff. Samml. aussereur. Schmett. p. 44, figg. 313, 314°. 
Acrotomia viminaria, Herr.-Schaff. loc. cit. p. 647. 
Sicya (?) viminaria, Walk. Cat. xx. p. 184°. 
fab. Mextco } 23, 
We have not received any specimens quite agreeing with Herrich-Schdaffer’s figure, 
from which Walker’s diagnosis? is taken. It is probable that Hyper ythra syctaria, 
Walk., from Venezuela, is a form of the same species. 
