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iTspect, they ;nc as in EupUhccia. riiiul Icos nil her loiiir; taivsi iicuriy as 

 long as the tibia'. AlHlotncii, in the iiial.'. miicli 1lii,k,T and less tiiftod llian 

 nsiial. Coloration: ijfray wood-,-,,!,,!-, wilh i.n.niinrnl dark lines cnclo.'ing a 

 pale median band: the outer witli laryc teelli in tli.' snbeo.stal an<l again in 

 the median region oIIIk' wing; a ratiier pronuneni, scalloped, dark line on 

 the hind wings. 



Differs from the neighi)oring genera lihiuiiKiplcia and Ocln/iid in the 

 broader head, short palpi, the tutted vertex, thi' broader fore wings, and more 

 produced hind wings, as well as the stouter abdomen and the venation. It is, 

 in the general .shape of the wing.s, elosedy similar to liheumuptem, i)nt. in 

 coloration, is more likef)- to be eontijunded with (hhi/ria. Guenee says that 

 in some European .species the antenna' are filiform. 



Anticlka VAsiLiATA Guenc'e. Plaid !», fig. 12. 



Aiilkha nixitiiitK (ineii., I'lijil., ii, .)(I7, 1S,')7. 



Walk., List Lop. Hct. I!r. "Slna.. x.w, KUCi, ISli','. 



1 t? and 2 9. — Of a dark-brown, with dark olivaceous line, and blaek- 

 ish-i)rown bands and lines on the tbre wings. Head with a blaekish-brown 

 transverse line below the insertion of tin; antennie, and on the anterior edge 

 of the front blackish-brown. Male antenna- singhw, very finely ciliated. I'alpi 

 short; terydnal joiid short, projecting but slightly beyond theli-onl of the 

 hi'ad, tipped with blackish-brown. Fore wings cros.sed by thrcM- well-marked 

 blackish l)and.s, whitish, the basal conspicuous, heavy, blackish e.xternallv, 

 with a light inner line, and a mesial still fainter line; the band is slighllv 

 concave externally, on the outer edge nearly straight and scalloped, there 

 being two di.stinct scallops in front of and l)ehind the median vein; two faint 

 brown lines between the Ijasal and median bands, the space l)ein<r faintly 

 tinged with purplish ; the median band very distinct, blackish-brown, the 

 inner side heavier, blacker than the outer, witli a liiint, l)rown, median line; 

 on the inner side, the band is suddenly curved inward between the median 

 and sidjmedian veins; externally, the iiand curves outward just above ihe 

 median vein, otherwi.se it is .straight ; in the middle of th(! wing, a clear light 

 space, nearly twice the width of the median band: Mimetimes the si)ace is 

 almost white; it encloses a distinct di.scal dot; beycnid the clear median 

 space is a light-brown space, tinged with dark olive-green, of the same width 

 as the median space, its inner edge dentate and scalloped, ijeiug par.ilkl with 



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