﻿1730 CATALOGUE OF 



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Genus ACEORIA. I 



Mas, Corpus robustum, dense pilosum. Proboscis mediocris. \ 

 Palpi breves, pubescentes, ascendentes ; articulus 3us longiconicns, " 

 2i dimidio brevior. Antennae simplices, corporis dimidio valde 

 longiores. Abdomen cristatura, alas posticas superans. Pedes i 

 dense fasciculati ; postici fasciculis maximis. Alse mediocres, sub-| 

 denticulatse ; anticae apud costara recta), apice rotundatae, margine "* 

 exteriore subobliquo subconvexo. 



Male. Body stout, densely pilose. Proboscis moderately long. 

 Palpi short, pubescent, ascending ; third joint elongate-conical, a 

 little less than half the length of the second. Antennse simple, 

 much more than half the lenjj;th of the body. Abdomen crested, ex- 

 tending somewhat beyond the hind wings. Legs densely tufted, 

 especially the hind pair, where the tufts are excessively large. 

 Wings moderately broad, slightly denticulated. Fore wings 

 straight along the costa, somewhat rounded at the tips, slightly 

 oblique and convex along the exterior border. 



1. ACROEIA VILLIPES. 



Mas. Fusca ; thorax fascia antica obscuriore ; abdomen cinereo- 

 fuscum ; al^e anticce striga basali plagaque discali viridibus, 

 lineis interiore et exteriore denticulatis lituraque angulata 

 discali nigris^ strigis nigris e linea submarginali pallida intey- 

 rnptis i posticcB albce^fusco marginatce, 



Male. Brown, cinereous-brown beneath. Thorax with a 

 darker band in front. Abdomen cinereous-brown. Fore wings 

 with a green basal streak, and with a large green discal patch, the 

 latter with a denticulated black line on each side ; the interior line 

 joining an angular black mark, which extends a little behind the 

 patch ; the exterior line having between it and the exterior border a 

 row of black streaks, which are interrupted by the pale submarginal 

 line ; orbicular and reniform marks mostly occupied by the green 

 patch. Hind wings white, with brown borders, which are widest at 

 the tips. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



