238 catalogue of 



Apicia? Molusaria. 



Mas. Rufescente-cervina, gracilis ; cinereo tin eta, subtus pallide 

 cinerea ; palpi porrecti, graciles, brevissimi ; antenna sim- 

 plices ; tibiae posticce incrassat.ee; alee nigro subconspersce, 

 linea exteriore albida recta obliqua valde concisa, puncto dis- 

 cali nigro ; anticce apice rectangulata?, linea exteriore apud 

 costam biangulatce, margine exteriore ante medium angulato ; 

 posticce marginis exterioris angulo medio distinctissimo. 



Male. Reddish fawn-colour, slender, cinereous-tinged, pale 

 cinereous beneath. Palpi porrect, slender, very short, not extending 

 beyond the head. Antennae simple, rather stout. Abdomen with 

 whitish-bordered segments: apical tuft rather long. Hind tibiae 

 incrassated. Wings slightly and very minutely black-speckled, 

 with a whitish straight oblique very concise exterior line, which 

 forms two angles by the costa of the fore wings, and is there 

 accompanied by a black spot ; a black discal point. Fore wings 

 acutely rectangular at the tips ; an angle at a little beyond one-third 

 of the length of the exterior border. Hind wings with the exterior 

 border forming a very distinct middle angle. Length of the body 

 5£ lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



Apicia ? Anserarta. 



Mas. Sordide testacea, fusco dense conspersa, purpurascente 

 tincta, subtus cinereo suffusa; palpi porrecti, graciles, caput 

 vix super antes ; antennae subpectinatce ; tibiae anticce brevis- 

 simce, posticce incrassatce ; alee lineis duabus nigricantibus 

 obliquis sub parallel is, margine exteriore subjlexo ; anticce sub- 

 falcatce, linea interior e, costa apice convexa ; posticce margine 

 exteriore vix dentato. 



Male. Dull testaceous, thickly and diffusedly brown-speckled, 

 mostly dull purplish-tinged above, paler and cinereous-tinged be- 

 neath. Frontal tuft prominent. Palpi porrect, slender, extending 

 very little beyond the head. Antennae slightly pectinated. Fore 

 tibiae very short; hind tibiae incrassated. Wings with two blackish 

 oblique nearly parallel lines, of which the exterior one forms an 

 acute .angle near the costa of the fore wings; exterior border 

 slightly bent. Fore wings subfalcate; costa convex towards the 

 tip ; an interior line which is nearly parallel to the middle one. 



