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2. Periclina POMPOLEATA. 

 Mas. Sulphureo-flava ; alee fusco conspersa?, linea violaceo -nigra 

 bene determinata, nebula exteriore flavescente-fusca albo punc- 

 tata, fimbria cinereo suffusa ; anticce linea valde flexa, linea 

 interiore flexa, puncto discali, margine exteriore convexo ; 

 posticce margine exteriore subflexo. 



Periclina pompoleata, Guen. Phal. i. 81, 115. 

 Brazil? 



Genus 7. APICIA. 



Corpus sat gracile. Frons rotundata, non prominens. Palpi 

 ascendentes, arcuati ; articulus 2us latus ; 3us brevissimus. Tibiae 

 posticas plus minusve incrassatae ; calcaria brevia, remota. Alas 

 sericeae aut velutinae, linea recta obliqua, marline exteriore plus 

 minusve flexo. Mas. — Antenna? saepissime pectinatae. Alas anticas 

 apice obtusas aut quadratae. Fcem. — Alae anticae apice acutae, fal- 

 catae. 



Apicia, Guen. Phal. i. 81. 



Microgonia, p., et Microsema, p., Herr.-Sch. Lev. Exot. 28, 29, 41, 

 43. 



Body rather slender. Front rounded, not prominent. Palpi 

 ascending, curved; second joint broad; third very short. Hind 

 tibiae more or less thickened ; spurs short, remote from each 

 other. Wings silky or velvety, with a straight oblique line ; exte- 

 rior border more or less bent; fringe of moderate length. Male. — 

 Antennae pectinated, except towards their tips, wholly filiform in one 

 species. Fore wings obtuse or quadrate at the tips. Female. — 

 Fore wings acute, falcate. 



North America. 



1. Apicia spinetaria. 



Luteo-flava, subtus nigro conspersa ; caput cervinum, albo fascia- 

 turn ; ala? linen duabus obliquis croceis subtus fuscis, linea 

 submarginali angulosa subtus conspirua, puncto discali nigro, 

 margine exteriore flexo ; anticce subfalcatce, litura costali sub- 

 apicali nigra, linea interiore antice angulata. 



Apicia spinetaria, Guen. Phal. i. 85, 123. 

 North America. Rio Janeiro. 



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