LEPIDOPTEKA HETEROCERA. 107 



border angular. Fore wings subfalcate, with the line forming 

 a subapical angle ; a slender oblique interior black line, which 

 is obsolete in front and is sometimes jagged, sometimes straight; 

 marginal space tinged with cinereous, containing a line of blackish 

 dots. Hind wings transversely streaked with brown. Length of 

 the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



Kio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



14. Apicia linteaeia. 



Mas et foem. Pallide flavescens ; antenna maris pectinatce ; alee 

 subconspersm, linea subarcuata ferruginea, puncto discali 

 nigro ; anticce acuta, litura costali subapicaii nigra, linea 

 extus albido marginata, linea interiore rufescente antice abbre- 

 viata postice intus diffusa, spatio marginali fuscescente lineam 

 obscuriorem includente, margine exteriore flexo ; posticce 

 linea duplicata, linea suhmarginali fuscescente , spatio margi- 

 nali antico fusco, margine exteriore subangulato. 



Apicia lintearia, Guen. Phal. i. 86, 126, pi. 12, f. 1. 

 Brazil. 



Var. ? Mas. Pallide cinereo lignicolor ; alee linea recta obliqua 

 fuscescente extus cinereo marginata, linea exteriore indistincta 

 diffusa fuscescente, margine exteriore subangulato ; anticce 

 vix falcatce, macula apicali albida nigro notata, puncto dis- 

 cali nigro, spatio marginali fuscescente-cinereo ; posticce 

 cervina?, strigata, gutta discali nigra. 



Male. Pale wood-colour, with a cinereous tinge. Thorax in 

 front and abdomen at the tip brownish. Wings with an oblique 

 straight brownish line, which is bordered with cinereous on the 

 outer side, and has an indistinct and diffuse brownish line beyond 

 it ; exterior border slightly angular. Fore wings hardly falcate, 

 with a whitish black-marked apical spot, and with a black discal 

 point; space beyond the line brownish cinereous. Hind wings with 

 minute transverse fawn-coloured streaks, and with a black discal 

 dot. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



