1612 CATALOGUE OF 



ACIDALIA ? PALLICINCTAEIA. 



Fcem. Cinereo-rosea ; corpus fuscescente-cinereum ; vertex albus ; 

 pal/d brevissimi, gracillimi ; antenna pectinatce ; alee latius- 

 cula>, lineis exterioribus Jiavis denticulatis, linea marginali 

 fiavesante intus roseo marginata ; antica acuta; postica 

 margine exterior e flexo. 



Female. Cinereous-rosy, cinereous beneath. Body brownish 

 cinereous. Vertex white. Palpi very short and slender, slightly 

 curved upward; third joint extremely minute. Antennae mo 

 derately pectinated. Hind tibiae not incrassated. Wings rather 

 broad, with two or three exterior yellow denticulated lines ; mar- 

 ginal line yellowish, bordered with bright rosy on the inner side, 

 Fore wings acute; costa and exterior border very slightly convex, 

 the latter moderately oblique. Hind wings extending beyond th 

 abdomen ; exterior border forming a slight rounded angle in the 

 middle. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



■ ? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



ACIDALIA APERTARIA. 



Mas. Albido-cinerea, nigro conspersa ; caput atrum ; vertex 

 albus ; antenna setulosa ; pedes postici breves, tibiis incrassatis 

 non calcaratis ; alee amp I a, lineis qualuor cinereis angulosis 

 subobsoletis, gutta discali punctisque marginalibus atris ; 

 anticce apice rotundata. 



Male. Whitish cinereous, minutely black-speckled. Head and 

 fore border of the thorax deep black ; vertex white. Antennae very 

 minutely setulose. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings, 

 Legs smooth, slender, long; hind legs short, with incrassated spur- 

 less tibiae. Wings ample, with four cinereous zigzag oblique 

 nearly obsolete lines; discal dot and elongated marginal points 

 deep black. Fore wings somewhat rounded at the tips; costa and 

 exterior border hardly convex, the latter very oblique. Length of 

 the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lioes. 





