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white point near the costa, where it is abruptly bent outward and 

 assumes a white hue and is zigzag ; a black whitish-bordered dot 

 near the eosta between the lines. Hind wings with the line bordered 

 with ferruginous on the inner side, marked with a black point near 

 the costa. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 20 Hues. 



Amazon Region. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



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OXYDIA AGLIATA. 



Var. Mas. Obscure olivaceo-fusca ; alee linea nigricante-fusca, 

 spatio exteriore pallidiore glaucescente suffuso, 



Var. Foera. Subolivaceo-ochracea ; alee linea fusca extus pallida 

 marginata ; anticce subtus nigra nan plagiatce. 



Var. Foem. Albido-cinerea ; alee subochraceo variety nigra sub- 

 tus valde conspersce ; antica subfalcatce. 



Var. Foem. Albida ; ales anticce falcatce ; posticce plaga nigra 

 parva. 



Var, Male. Dark olive-brown. Wings paler, and with a 

 glaucous tinge beyond the line, which is blackish brown. 



It much resembles O. noctuitaria, from which it may be distin- 

 guished by its more falcate fore wings. 



Var. Female. Ochraceous, with a slight olive tinge. Wings 

 hardly paler beyond the line, which is brown, with a paler exterior 

 border. Fore wings mure falcate than those of the male ; under side 

 with no black patch. 



Venezuela. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Var. Female. Whitish cinereous, slightly and irregularly 

 tinged with ochraceous, much speckled with black on the under 

 side, where there is a distinct black spot near the interior angle of 

 the fore wings ; the latter slightly falcate. 



Var. Female. Paler than the preceding variety. Fore wings 

 more falcate. Hind wings with a smaller black spot. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



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