1602 CATALOGUE OP 



ACIDALIA?? ME LANE A. 



Cameo- cinerea, robusta ; alee lata, nigro subconspersce, linen in- 

 teriore et exteriore e punctis nigris, \a indeterminata, punctis 

 marginalibus nigris; anticce apice rotundatce, linea media 

 denticulata subarcuata. 



Phalsena-Geometra Melanea, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 130, pi. 3o7, 

 f. E. 



Surinam. 



Page 747. 



ACIDALIA MEGASPILATA. 



Fcem. Pallide cinerea ; palpi subrostriformes,articulo3o minima; 

 alee fusco nigroque conspersce ; anticce vix acutce, macula 

 discali nigra, costa basi subconvexa ; posticce puncto discali 

 nigro, margine exteriore vix dentato. 



Female. Pale cinereous. Palpi porrect, subrostriforrn, much 

 shorter than the breadth of the head ; third joint very minute. 

 Wings moderately broad, minutely brown and black-speckled. 

 Fore wings hardly acute, with a black discal spot ; costa slightly 

 convex towards the base; exterior border hardly convex, rather 

 oblique. Hind wings with a black discal point; exterior border 

 very slightly festooned. Length of the body 3£ lines ; of the wings 

 10 lines. 



Cape. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Acid alia illitcrata. 



Mas. Albido-cinerea ; caput antice nigrum ; antennae pubescentes ; 

 tibiae posticce incrassatce, penicillatce, non calcaratce ; aloe 

 latiusculce, lineis tribus cinereis undulatis dentatis valde 

 indistinctis, Sa nigricante varia nigro punctata, linea sub- 

 viarginali pallida angulosa, puncto discali punctisque mar- 

 ginalibus nigris ; anticce vix falcatce, costa subconvexa, margine 

 exteriore vix fiexo ; posticce margine exteriore subangulato. 



Male. Whitish-cinereous, with an indistinct buff tinge. Head 

 black in front. Antennae minutely pubescent. Abdomen hardly 

 extending beyond the hind wings. Hind tibiae incrassated, spurless, 

 with a long penicillate plume in the furrow. Wings rather broad, 

 with three very indistinct dentate undulating cinereous Hues; exte- 



