LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1599 



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ACIDALIA BOTYDARIA. 



Foem. Testaceo-cinerea ; caput antice fuscescens ; palpi brevis- 

 simi ; alee elongate, sericece, tenues, lineis tribus fuscescentibus 

 undulatis subdenticulatis, linea marginali obscure fusca, puncto 

 discali nigra ; antica? acuta? . 



Female. Testaceous-cinereous. Head brownish in front. 

 Palpi very short. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs smooth, slender. Wings elongate, silky, delicate, with three 

 brownish undulating slightly denticulated lines; interior and exte- 

 rior lines paler than the submarginal one ; marginal line dark 

 brown ; discal point black. Fore wings acute ; exterior border 

 slightly convex, very oblique. Length of the body 2J lines ; of the 

 wings 7 lines. 



a, Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



ACIDALIA AMPLEXARIA. 



Foem. Ochraceo-cervina ; palpi brevissimi ; alee linea exteriore 

 nigHcante tenui dentata indistincta albido subpunctata, puncto 

 discali punctisque marginalibus nigris ; antica apice rotundata?, 

 linea interiore nigricante indistincta. 



Female. Ochraceous fawn-colour, paler beneath. Palpi ex- 

 tremely short, not extending beyond the front. Legs smooth, 

 slender ; spurs long. Wings with an exterior blackish slender indis- 

 tinct dentate line, which is somewhat bent in the fore wings, and is 

 slightly marked with whitish points ; discal point and marginal 

 points black, the latter very minute ; fringe long, full ; under side 

 with a blackish marginal line. Fore wings somewhat rounded at 

 the tips, with an interior indistinct blackish line ; costa straight ; 

 exterior border slightly convex, rather oblique. Length of the body 

 4 ? lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



ACIDALIA? CALIDATA. 



Mas. Cinereo-rosea ; caput ferrugineum, vertice albido; palpi 

 graciles, frontem vix mperantes ; antennce pectinatce, brevius- 



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