440 CATALOGUE OP 



Parathyris ? Martia. 

 Martia, Cr. Pap. Exot. iv. 31, pi. 305, f. D. 

 Surinam. 



Genus ANTICYEA, C. L. H. v. 1091. 



Antic yra applioximata. 



Mas. Pallide cervina ; caput et thorax anticus straminea ; palpi 

 porrecti, pilosissimi, caput paulio superantes ; antenna sub- 

 pectinatce ; pedes pilosissimi ; alee anticce falcatce, nigro con- 

 spersce, vitta costali lata straminea; posticce albidce, apud 

 marginem exteriorem subflavescentes. 



Male. Pale fawn-colour. Head and fore part of the thorax 

 straw-colour. Palpi porrect, very pilose, extending a little beyond 

 the head. Antennae very slightly pectinated. Femora, tibiae and 

 fore tarsi very pilose. Fore wings falcate, thinly black-speckled, 

 with a broad costal straw-coloured stripe. Hind wings whitish, 

 slightly tinged with pale yellow along the exterior border. Length 

 of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 



Included with A. combacta in Cat. Lep. 1st Ser. It may be 

 distinguished from that species by its white hind wings. 



Anticyra spurcata. 



Sordide fiava ; palpi porrecti, nigricantes, caput non superantes ; 

 alee anticce nigra conspersce, nigricante-cinereo late marginatce, 

 vitta diffusa plagague anteriore nigricante-cinereis, costce 

 dimidio basali ochraceo ; posticce purpureo-cinerece^ basi mar- 

 gineque interiore pallide Jlavescentib us. 



Dingy yellow. Palpi blackish, porrect, not extending beyond 

 the head. Fore wings thinly and minutely speckled with black, 

 broadly and diffusedly blackish cinereous along the exterior border 

 and along the interior border; a diffuse blackish cinereous stripe in 

 the disk, having in front of it an elongated patch of the same hue ; 

 costa ochraceous for half the length from the tip. Hind wings 

 purplish cinereous, pale yellowish towards the base and along the 

 interior border. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



