LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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Apicia Atillaria. 
Mas et fcem. Cinereo-cervina ; palpi ascendentes , subangulati , 
articulo 3 o brevissimo ; antennae, simplices ; alee longiusculce , 
nigro subconspersae, linea exteriore recta obliqua ferruginea 
extus albido marginata , puncto discali nigro , linea submar - 
ginali undulata e punctis nigris , /iwea marginali pallida ; 
anticce acutae , linea interiore arcuata , /iwea exteriore apud 
costarn angulata , lunula discali alba. 
Male and female . Cinereous fawn-colour, more cinereous be- 
neath. Palpi ascending ; third joint minute, conical, less than one- 
fourth of the length of the second, with which it forms a slight 
angle. Antennaj simple. Wings moderately broad, rather long, 
very minutely speckled with black ; exterior line straight, oblique, 
ferruginous, bordered with dingy whitish on the outer side ; a black 
discal point; an undulating row of black submarginal points; mar- 
ginal line dingy whitish ; exterior border hardly bent. Fore wings 
acute, hardly subfalcate, with a curved interior line and with a 
white discal lunule ; exterior line angular in front. Length of the 
body 6 lines ; of the wings 17 — 18 lines. 
Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry’s collection. 
Apicia? deductaria. 
Mas. Pallide cinereo-rufa , nigro dense conspersa ; palpi porrecti , 
caput vix superantes ; antennae validce , simplices , breviusculee ; 
tibiae poslicae incrassatae ; aloe linea exteriore obliqua subrecta 
e punctis nigris albido notatis , fascia exteriore diffusa indis- 
tincta cinerea , puncto discali nigro; anticce acutae , margine 
exteriore subconvexo subobliquo ; posticae margine exteriore 
convexo . 
Male . Pale cinereous-red, thickly black-speckled. Frontal 
tuft prominent. Palpi porrect, hardly extending beyond the head ; 
third joint extremely minute. Antennae stout, simple, rather short. 
Abdomen with tufted rather large apical valves.. Hind tibiae in- 
crassated. Wings with an exterior oblique nearly straight line, 
which is formed of black whitish-marked points, and is accompanied 
by a diffuse and indistinct cinereous band ; a black discal point. 
Fore wings acute ; exterior border slightly convex and oblique. 
Hind wings with a convex exterior border. Length of the body 6 
lines; of the wings 15 lines. 
