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lineis duabus fuscis, la flexa antice nigra^ 2a recta obliqua, 

 spatio inlermedio flavescente, gutta discali alba fusco mar- 

 ginata ; posticce linea exteriore nigra undulata, gutta discali 

 nigra subtus conspicua, margine interiore albo. 



Male. Fawn-colour, paler and with a cinereous tinge beneath. 

 Head with a white band between the antennae, which are white 

 beneath. Abdomen with a blackish dorsal stripe, which occupies 

 the whole of the tip, and is deep black at the base. Legs whitish, 

 black-speckled. Wings slightly black-speckled, with a row of black 

 white-marked submarginal points. Fore wings with two brown 

 lines ; the intermediate space mostly yellowish ; interior line slightly 

 undulating, bent towards the costa, near which it is marked with 

 black; exterior line straight, oblique, having near its inner side in 

 front a white brown-bordered dot. Hind wings with a yellowish 

 space beyond the hind part of the exterior line, which is black and 

 undulating ; discal dot black, most conspicuous beneath ; a white 

 stripe along the interior border. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the 

 wings 12 lines. 



Eio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



Page 184. 



Selenia Apamaria. 



Fcem. Cinerea,ferrugineo dense conspersa ; fasciculus frantalis acu- 

 tus ; palpi rostriformes, subascendentes ; ala fasciis duabus al- 

 bidis obliquis indeterminatis subtus albis distinctis, linea fusca 

 obliqua subrecta, linea marginali albida intus fusco marginata ; 

 anticce obtuscc, plaga subtus alba postica marginally margine 

 exteriore angulato antice concavo ; postica dente bene deter- 

 minato. 



Female. Cinereous, thickly ferruginous-speckled. Frontal 

 tuft prominent, acute. Palpi rostriform, slightly ascending; third 

 joint forming a very slight angle with the second. Wings with two 

 whitish oblique irregular bands, which are quite white and more 

 distinct on the under side ; the whitish hue also appears at the tips, 

 and on the under side there is a white patch on the hind part of the 

 exterior border ; a brown oblique nearly straight line, which is 

 slightly interrupted by the veins ; marginal line whitish, bordered 

 with brown on the inner side. Fo're wings obtuse at the tips; ex- 

 terior border concave along the fore part of the angle. Hind wings 



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