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Phalaena-Geometra Apidania, Cram Pap . Exot. iii. 103, pi. 252, 
f. C, D. 
Oxydia Apidaniata, Guen . PhaL i. 58, 65. 
Surinam. 
14. Oxydia hispata. 
Mas. Fusco-cinerea ; tibice postica unicolores , subtumidce ; alee 
olivaceo nitentes, lineafusca recta albo punctata ; anticee sub - 
falcatee , subnebulosa , puncto discali nigro , striga costali 
apice subtus albo notata , incisura subapicali , margine exteriore 
convexo. 
Oxydia hispata, GWi. P/iaZ. i. 58, 66. 
Brazil. 
15. Oxydia noctuitaria. 
Mas. Olivaceo-fusca ; palpi breves , oblique ascendentes, articulo 
3 o minimo ; antennee validee ; tibice posticce incrassatce ; alee 
nitentes , amplce , /inea obscuriore recta obliqua extus cinereo 
marginata, f asciis duabus exterioribus cinereis ; anticee sub - 
falcatee , Zinea apicem versus abrupte angulata , margine exte- 
riore recto sat obliquo , fasciis duabus interioribus nigricanti- 
bus valde diffusis ; posticce angulo interiore bene determinato. 
Male. Olive-brown, mostly cinereous beneath. Palpi ob- 
liquely ascending, not rising so high as the vertex ; third joint ex- 
tremely minute. Antennae stout. Abdomen not extending so far 
as the hind wings. Hind tibiae incrassated. Wings shining, 
ample, with a darker straight oblique line, which is bordered with 
cinereous on the outer side, and has two cinereous bands between it 
and the exterior border. Fore wings subfalcate ; exterior border 
straight, rather oblique ; line retracted and forming a very acute 
angle near the tip ; two interior very diffuse blackish bands. Hind 
wings with the interior angle rather prominent. Length of the 
body 9 lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 
Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry’s collection. 
16. Oxydia Peosinata. 
Mas. Violaceo-cinerea ; tibice posticce incrassatce , nigro notata ; 
ala conspersa , margine pallidiore , linea fusco recta albo punc- 
tata ; anticee subfalcata , striga costali subapicali bidentata 
