LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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2. Periclina pompoleata. 
Mas. Sulphureo-flava ; alee fusco consper see, linea violaceo -nigra 
bene determinata , nebula exteriore flavescente-fusca albo punc- 
tata^ fimbria cincreo snffusa ; anticce linea valde flexa , linea 
interiore flexa , puncto discali , margine exteriore convexo ; 
posticee margine exteriore subfiexo.. 
Periclina pompoleata, Guen. Phal. i. 81, 115. 
Brazil? 
Genus 7. APICIA. 
Corpus sat gracile. Frons rotundata, non prominens. Palpi 
ascendentes, arcuati ; articulus 2us latus ; 3us brevissimus. Tibiae 
posticae plus minusve incrassatae ; calcaria brevia, remota. Alae 
sericeae aut velutinae, linea recta obliqua, margine exteriore plus 
minusve flexo. Mas. — Antennae saepissime pectinatae. Alae antic® 
apice obtusae aut quadratae. Fcem . — Alae anticae apice acutae, fal- 
catae. 
Apicia, Guen. Phal. i. 81. 
Microgonia, p., et Microsema, p., Herr.-Sch. Lep, Exot. 28, 29, 41, 
43. 
Body rather slender. Front rounded, not prominent. Palpi 
ascending, curved; second joint broad; third very short. Hind 
tibiae more or less thickened ; spurs short, remote from each 
other. Wings silky or velvety, with a straight oblique line ; exte- 
rior border more or less bent; fringe of moderate length. Male . — 
Antennae pectinated, except towards their tips, wholly filiform in one 
species. Fore wings obtuse or quadrate at the tips. Female . — 
Fore wings acute, falcate. 
North America. 
1. Apicia spinetaria. 
Luteo-flava , subtus nigro conspersa ; caput cervinum , albo fascia- 
turn ; alee lineis duabus obliquis croceis subtus fuscis , linea 
submarginali angulosa subtus conspicua , puncto discali nigro , 
margine exteriore flexo ; anticce subfalcatee , litura costali sub- 
apicali nigra , linea interiore antice angulata. 
Apicia spinetaria, Guen. Phal. i. 85, 123. 
North America. Bio Janeiro. 
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