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South America. 



5. SlCTA DIRECTARIA. 



Mas. Luteo-flava ; ala anticce vix falcatce, viridescente linctm, 

 lineis duabus rectis albis extus olivaceo-flavo marginatis, 

 spatio postico roseo-carneo, puncto discali nigro ; posticce sor- 

 dide carnecey litura apud angulum interiorem nigricante strigis 

 marginata, 



Sicya directaria, Guen. Phal. i. 105, 162. 



Colombia. 



Genus 17. HETEROLOCHA. 



Statura gracilis. Frons rotundata. Palpi graciles, rostri- 

 formes aut incumbentes, frontem superantes. Tibiae non incras- 

 satse. Alae flavae, maculis ferrugineis ; fimbria brevis, concolor ; 

 anticae acutae, margine exteriore saepe angulato; posticae mar- 

 gine exteriore flexo aut angulato, non inciso. Mas. — Antennae 

 longe pectinatae, apice filiformes. Fcem. — Abdomen crassum, 

 carinatum, apice acutum. 



Heterolocha, Lederer, V. Z. B. W. iii. 207. Guen. Phal. i. 105. 

 Metrocampa, p., Herr.-Sck. 



Body slender. Front rounded. Palpi slender, rostriform or 

 incumbent, extending beyond the front. Antennae of the male with 

 long slender branches. Abdomen of the female thick, keeled, acute. 

 Hind tibiae not incrassated. Wings yellow, with ferrugiuous spots, 

 of which the largest is apical ; fringe short. Fore wings acute ; 

 exterior border often angular. Hind wings with the exterior border 

 bent or angular, not notched. 



South America. 

 1. Heterolocha Rumiaria. 



Foein. Lcete fiava ; alee atomis obscurioribus, linea maculari 

 ferruginea albido punctata ; anticce linea interiore subarcuata, 

 linea exteriore maculis duabus magnis marginalibus terminata 

 apud costam nigricante angulata. 



Heterolocha rumiaria, Guen. Phal. i. 107, 166. 



Quito. 



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