112 CATALOGUE OF 



joint extremely short. Antennae minutely setulose. Abdomen 

 tufted on each side towards the tip. Hind tibiae incrassated, tufted 

 hind ward. Wings with a white straight oblique line, bordered with 

 reddish on its inner side; a black discal point. Fore wings with 

 the line forming a subapical angle ; tips hardly falcate ; exterior 

 border straight. Hind wings with the exterior border hardly bent. 

 Var. p. — Fore wings partly clouded with cinereous, this hue being 

 chiefly betweeu the line and the exterior border. Length of the 

 body 6i lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



Eio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



Country unknown. 



26. Apicia incopularia. 



Fcem. A. juncturariae affinis ; alee viridescente-flavce, singulis 

 plus determinatis , margine exteriore magis angulato, anticce 

 acutiores, linea interiore angulata ; postica linea subrecta, 



Apicia incopularia, Guen. Phal. i. 89, 133. 



Genus 8. SCARDAMIA. 



Mas. Frons quadrata, plana, velutina. Vertex productus, 

 rectangulatus. Palpi crassi, squamosi, contigui ; articulus 3us 

 brevissimus. Antennae pectinatae. Abdomen cristatum. TibiaB 

 posticse graciles ; calcaria longa. Alse velutina?, integrae, rotun- 

 datse, bilineatae, margine exteriore non angulato nee flexo. 



Scardamia, Guen. Phal. i. 89. 



Male. Front quadrate, flat, velvety. Vertex prominent, rect- 

 angular. Palpi thick, squamous, contiguous; third joint very 

 short. Antennae pectinated ; branches slender. Abdomen with the 

 first and second segments crested. Hind tibiae slender, with long 

 spurs. Wings velvety, entire, rounded, with two complete lines, 

 silky beneath ; exterior border without any flexure. 



1. Scardamia metallaria. 



Mas. Fulvescens ; vertex violaceo metallico ochraceoque varius ; 

 thorax antice metallico-violaceus ; alee aurato-Jlavce, violaceo- 

 cameo tinctce, lineis duabus subarcuatis punctisque submargi- 

 nalibus nitentibus metallico-cinereis ; anticce costa violaceo- 

 cinerea. 



