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indistinctly streaked with brown, varied with luteous between the 

 base, and a broad very oblique luteous band, which is dilated 

 towards the costa, and is concisely bordered on the outer side by a 

 white denticulated line ; two deeper coloured spots in each wing 

 beyond the line. Fore wings with a luteous subcostal spot near the 

 inner border of the band ; exterior border much more oblique than 

 in the typical species of the genus, i Hind wings with the exterior 

 border slightly angular. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 

 16 lines. 



a. ? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Genus 16. SICYA. 



Corpus gracile. Frons rotundata, non producta. Palpi breves, 

 porrecti, caput vix superantes, articulus 3us minimus. Antennae 

 maris pectinatae, apice nudae. Tibiae posticae subincrassatae, calcari- 

 bus parvis ; alae fimbria brevissima ; anticae longiusculae, sub- 

 falcatae, margine exteriore valde flexo ; posticae margine exteriore 

 subflexo. 



Sicya, Guen. Phal. i. 104. 



Body slender. Front rounded, not prominent. Palpi short, 

 porrect, hardly extending beyond the head ; third joint very minute. 

 Antennae of the male moderately pectinated, except towards their 

 tips. Hind tibiae slightly incrassated ; spurs short. Wings mode- 

 rately broad ; fringe very short. Fore wings subfalcate, much 

 longer than the hind wings ; exterior border forming a prominent 

 but much rounded angle at one-third of the length from the tips, 

 very oblique from thence to the interior border. Hind wings with 

 the exterior border bent ; flexure rounded. 



North America. 

 1. Sicya truncataria. 



Mas. Sulphureo-flava ; alee anticce lineis duabus fuscis, lajlexa, 

 2a recta valde obliqua antice saturatiore, spatio exteriore stri- 

 gato rufescente-carneo antice flavo, fimbria albafusco notata ; 

 posticce pallidissime flavce, linea brevi undulata postica nebu- 

 laque marginali rufescentibus. 



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