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8. Apicia quartaria. 



Foem. Pallide testacea, A. Cayennariae affinis ; alee nigro con- 

 ferte co?ispersce, linea exteriore tantum distincta, margine lato 

 subtus violaceo-cinereo ; anticce magis falcatee, linea recta, 

 macula rotundata apad angulum interiorem maculaque dis- 

 cati parva nigris ; posticce linea postice indeterminata. 



Apicia quartaria, Guen. Phal. i. 83, 119. 



Brazil. 



Var. ? Pallide lignicolor ; alee latiusculce, nigro-fuscoque con- 

 spersce purpurascente subtinctee, linea fusca tenui extus pal- 

 lido marginata, puncto discali nigro, margine exteriore vix 

 Jiexo ; anticce falcatce^ lituris costalibusfuscis, maculis duabus 

 exterioribus nigricantibus , posteriore sat magna nonnunquam 

 obsoleta, linea costam versus angulata, margine exteriore valde 

 convexo. 



Var,? Pale wood-colour. Wings thickly and regularly speckled 

 with black or brown, very slightly purplish-tinged, rather broad ; 

 line brown, slight, pale-bordered exteriorly, almost obsolete in the 

 hind wings; discal black point distinct; exterior border hardly 

 bent. Fore wings falcate, with one or two oblique brown marks 

 along the costa ; a blackish spot near the interior angle, and 

 a smaller one above the first; both occasionally obsolete; line 

 forming an acute angle near the tip of the wing ; exterior border 

 very convex. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



9. Apicia holmiaria. 



Foem. Testaceo-cinerea ; alee olivaceo-cinereo conspersce, linea 

 exteriore recta tenui albida intus marginata, spatio marginali 

 olivaceo-cinereo ; alee anticce basi pallidiores, magis strigatee, 

 linea interiore nebulosa valida arcuata, puncto discali nigro. 



Apicia holmiaria, Guen. Phal. i. 84, 120. 



Brazil. 



10. Apicia Arnetabia. 



Foem. Pallide testacea ; alee fusco conspersce, olivaceo ex parte 

 suffusee, linea olivaceo-fusco umbrata ; anticce lineee exterioris 

 angulo valde acuto, linea interiore sinuata ; posticce linea ex~ 

 teriore subarcuata disjuncta. 



