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CATALOGUE OF 
joint extremely short. Antennae minutely setulose. Abdomen 
tuftecl on each side towards the tip. Hind tibiae incrassated, tufted 
hind ward. Wings with a white straight oblique line, bordered with 
reddish on its inner side; a black discal point. Fore wings with 
the line forming a subapical angle ; tips hardly falcate ; exterior 
border straight. Hind wings with the exterior border hardly bent. 
Var. /3. — Fore wings partly clouded with cinereous, this hue being 
chiefly between the line and the exterior border. Length of the 
body 6^ lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 
Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry’s collection. 
Country unknown. 
26. Apicia incopularia. 
Fcem. A. juncturariae affinis ; alee viridescente-jlavee , strigulis 
plus determinate , margine exteriore magis angulato , anticce 
acutiores , linea inleriore angulata ; posticce linea subrecta. 
Apicia incopularia, Guen . Phal. i. 89, 133. 
Genus 8. SCARDAMIA. 
Mas. Frons quadrata, plana, velutina. Vertex productus, 
rectangulatus. Palpi crassi, squamosi, contigui ; articulus 3us 
brevissimus. Antennae pectinatae. Abdomen cristatum. Tibiae 
posticae graciles ; calcaria longa. Alae veluiinae, integrae, rotun- 
datae, bilineatas, margine exteriore non angulato nec flexo. 
Scardamia, Guen. Phal. i. 89. 
Male . Front quadrate, flat, velvety. Vertex prominent, rect- 
angular. Palpi thick, squamous, contiguous ; third joint very 
short. Antennae pectinated ; branches slender. Abdomen with the 
first and second segments crested. Hind tibiae slender, with long 
spurs. Wings velvety, entire, rounded, with two complete lines, 
silky beneath ; exterior border without any flexure. 
1. SCAKDAMIA METALLARIA. 
Mas. Fulvescens ; vertex violaceo metallico ochraceoque varius ; 
thorax antice metallico-violaceus ; alee aurato-Jlavee , violaceo- 
carneo tinctee , lineis duabus subarcuatis punctisque submargi - 
nalibus nitentibus metallico-cinereis ; anticce costa violaceo - 
cinerea. 
