LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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indistinctly streaked with brown, varied with luteous between the 
base, and a broad very oblique luteous band, which is dilated 
towards the costa, and is concisely bordered on the outer side by a 
white denticulated line; two deeper coloured spots in each wing 
beyond the line. Fore wings with a luteous subcostal spot near the 
inner border of the band ; exterior border much more oblique than 
in the typical species of the genus. Hind wings with the exterior 
border slightly angular. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 
16 lines. 
a. \ Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 
Genus 16. SICYA. 
Corpus gracile. Frons rotundata, non producta. Palpi breves, 
porrecti, caput vix superantes, articulus 3us minimus. Antennae 
maris pectinatae, apice nudae. Tibiae posticae subincrassatae, calcari- 
bus parvis ; alae fimbria brevissima ; anticae longiusculae, sub- 
falcatae, margine exteriore valde flexo ; posticae margine exteriore 
subflexo. 
Sicya, Guen. Phal. i. 104. 
Body slender. Front rounded, not prominent. Palpi short, 
porrect, hardly extending beyond the head ; third joint very minute. 
Antennae of the male moderately pectinated, except towards their 
tips. Hind tibiae slightly incrassated ; spurs short. Wings mode- 
rately broad ? fringe very short. Fore wings subfalcate, much 
longer than the hind wings ; exterior border forming a prominent 
but much rounded angle at one-third of the length from the tips, 
very oblique from thence to the interior border. Hind wings with 
the exterior border bent; flexure rounded. 
North America. 
1. Sicya truncataria. 
Mas. Sulphureo-flava ; alee anticce lineis duabus fuscis, la flexa, 
2 a recta valde obliqua antice saturatiore, spatio exteriore stri- 
gato rufescente-carneo antice flavo, fimbria albafusco notata ; 
posticae pallidissime flavee , linea brevi undulata postica nebu - 
laque marginali rufescentibus. 
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