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 Caberodes cayennaria Packard. Plate 11, fig. 53. 



Apicia cayennaria Guen., Phal., i, 82, plate 5, figs. 2,3, 1857. 



3 <$ and 1 9 . — Male antenna; very heavily pectinated. Body and wings 

 pale fawn-brown, much as in C. confusaria ; head and thorax of the same 

 color. Fore wings with a pale basal line edged externally, especially 

 toward the costa, with brown ; this line is firm, but bent at right angles in 

 the middle of the wing. Discal dots on both wings minute, black. Just 

 above the clot on the fore wings is a very oblique, brown, costal line, fading 

 away below the subcostal vein. The extradiscal line is firm and even, bent 

 acutely, sending its angle near the apex of the wing ; above the angle is a 

 dark costo-apical spot; the line is narrow, brown, shaded externally with 

 whitish. The wing is paler between the discal dot and angle of this line 

 than elsewhere. Beyond the line, is a series of four or five smoky blotches, 

 growing smaller toward the apex of the wing. Hind wings concolorous 

 with the fore wings ; but a single, faint, linear, brown line, shaded with 

 whitish. Beneath marked with yellow, freckled with brown ; hind wings a 

 little paler. The lines are brown, but distinct; the extradiscal one forked 

 on the apex of the fore wings ; the wings beyond the extradiscal line are 

 discolored with dull brown, or there is a series of large dusky patches 

 instead, better marked toward the apex of the wing, but wanting in the 

 single female. 



Length of body, $, 0.55, 9, 0.45; of fore wing, <J, 0.62, 9, 0.58; 

 expanse of wings, 1.25 inches. 



Dallas, Tex. (Boll) ; Texas, July 9 (Belfrage). 



This well-marked species, from the unusual style of markings, might not 

 be referred at first, to this genus. The rectangularly-bent inner line, the 

 oblique streak in the middle of the costa, and the yellow under side of both 

 wings are sufficient to readily separate it from its congeners ; in the female, 

 the lines are deep brown, and the fore wings more acute and falcate than in 

 the male. 



This is certainly a Caberodes. It was labeled Apicla cayennaria by 

 Professor Zeller, and does not seem to differ from Guenee's figure and 

 description. GrueneVs genus Apicia seems to me not to be well limited. 



