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Phalaena-Geometra Apidania, Cram Pap. Exot. iii. 103, pi. 252, 

 f. C, D. 



Oxydia Apidaniata, Guen. Phal. i. 58, 65. 



Surinam. 



14. Oxydia hispata. 



Mas. Fusco-cinerea ; tibice postica unicolores, subtumidce ; alee 

 olivaceo nitentes, lineafusca recta albo punctata ; anticoe sub- 

 falcatce, basi subnebulosce, puncto discali nigro, striya costali 

 apice subtus albo notata, incisura subapicali, margine exteriore 

 convexo. 



Oxydia hispata, Guen. Phal. i. 58, 66. 



Brazil. 



15. Oxydia noctuitaria. 



Mas. Olivaceo-fusca ; palpi breves, oblique ascendentes, articulo 

 3o minimo ; antenna validce ; tibia posticce incrassatce ; ala 

 nitentes, amplce, linea obscuriore recta obliqua extus cinereo 

 marginata, fasciis duabus exterioribus cinereis ; antica sub- 

 falcatce, linea apicem versus abrupte angulata, margine exte- 

 riore recto sat obliquo, fasciis duabus interioribus nigricanti- 

 bus valde diffusis ; posticce angulo interiore bene determinato. 



Male. Olive-brown, mostly cinereous beneath. Palpi ob- 

 liquely ascending, not rising so high as the vertex ; third joint ex- 

 tremely minute. Antennae stout. Abdomen not extending so far 

 as the hind wings. Hind tibiae incrassated. Wings shining, 

 ample, with a darker straight oblique line, which is bordered with 

 cinereous on the outer side, and has two cinereous bands between it 

 and the exterior border. Fore wings subfalcate ; exterior border 

 straight, rather oblique ; line retracted and forming a very acute 

 angle near the tip ; two interior very diffuse blackish bands. Hind 

 wings with the interior angle rather prominent. Length of the 

 body 9 lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



16. Oxydia Peosinata. 



Mas. Violaceo-cinerea ; tibia postica incrassatce, nigro notata ; 

 alee conspersa, margine pallidiore, linea fusco recta albo punc- 

 tata ; antica subfalcata, striga costali subapicali bidentata 



