LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 237 



Apicia Atillarta. 



Mas et fcem. Cinereo-cervina ; palpi ascendentes, subangulati, 

 articulo So brevissimo ; antennce simplices ; alee longiusculce, 

 nigro subconspersce, linea exteriore recta obliqua ferruginea 

 extus albido marginata, puncto discali nigro , linea submar- 

 ginali undulata e punctis nigris, linea marginali pallida; 

 anticce acutce, linea interiore arcuata, linea exteriore apud 

 costam angulata, lunula discali alba, 



Male and female. Cinereous fawn-colour, more cinereous be- 

 neath. Palpi ascending; third joint minute, conical, less than one- 

 fourth of the length of the second, with which it forms a slight 

 angle. Antennae simple. Wings moderately broad, rather long, 

 very minutely speckled with black; exterior line straight, oblique, 

 ferruginous, bordered with dingy whitish on the outer side; a black 

 discal point; an undulating row of black submarginal points; mar- 

 ginal line dingy whitish ; exterior border hardly bent. Fore wings 

 acute, hardly subfalcate, with a curved interior line and with a 

 white discal lunule ; exterior line angular in front. Length of the 

 body 6 lines ; of the wings 17 — 18 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



Apicia? deductaria. 



Mas. Pallide cinereo-rufa, nigro dense conspersa ; palpi porrecti, 

 caput vix supera?ites ; antennce validce, simplices, breviusculce ; 

 tibice posticce incrassatce ; alee linea exteriore obliqua subrecta 

 e punctis nigris albido notatis, fascia exteriore diffusa indis- 

 tincta cinerea, puncto discali nigro; anticce acut.ee, margine 

 exteriore subconvexo subobliquo ; posticce margine exteriore 

 convex o. 



Male. Pale cinereous-red, thickly black-speckled. Frontal 

 tuft prominent. Palpi porrect, hardly extending beyond the head ; 

 third joint extremely minute. Antennae stout, simple, rather short. 

 Abdomen with tufted rather large apical valves. Hind tibiae in- 

 crassated. Wings with an exterior oblique nearly straight line, 

 which is formed of black whitish-marked points, and is accompanied 

 by a diffuse and indistinct cinereous band ; a black discal point. 

 Fore wings acute; exterior border slightly convex and oblique. 

 Hind wings with a convex exterior border. Length of the body 6 

 lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



