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CATALOGUE OF 
Apicia? Molusaria. 
Mas. Rufescente-cervina , gracilis ; cinereo tincta , subtus pallide 
cinerea ; palpi portecti , graciles , brevissimi ; antmnce sim- 
plices ; tibiae posticce incrassatae ; aloe nigro subconspersce , 
linea exterior e albida recta obliqua valde concha , puncto dis- 
cali nigro ; anticce apice rectangulatae , linea exteriore apud 
costam biangulatce , margine exteriore ante medium angulato ; 
posticce marginis cxterioris angulo medio distinctissimo. 
Male. Reddish fawn-colour, slender, cinereous-tinged, pale 
cinereous beneath. Palpi porrect, slender, very short, not extending 
beyond the head. Antenuae simple, rather stout. Abdomen with 
whitish-bordered segments; apical tuft rather long. Hind tibiae 
incrassated. Wings slightly and very minutely black-speclded, 
with a whitish straight oblique very concise exterior line, which 
forms two angles by the costa of the fore wings, and is there 
accompanied by a black spot ; a black discal point. Fore wings 
acutely rectangular at the tips ; an angle at a little beyond one-third 
of the length of the exterior border. Hind wings with the exterior 
border forming a very distinct middle angle. Length of the body 
5J lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 
Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry’s collection. 
Apicia ? Anserarta. 
Mas. Sordide testacea , fusco dense conspersa , purpurascente 
tincta , subtus cinereo suffusa; palpi porrecti, graciles , caput 
vix super antes ; antennae subpectinatce ; tibiae anticce brevis- 
simae , posticce incrassatae ; aloe lineis duabus nigricantibus 
obliquis subparallelis , margine exteriore subjlexo ; anticce sub - 
falcalae , linea interior e, costa apice convexa ; posticce margine 
exteriore vix dentato. 
Male . Dull testaceous, thickly and diffusedly brown-speckled, 
mostly dull purplish-tinged above, paler and cinereous-tinged be- 
neath. Frontal tuft prominent. Palpi porrect, slender, extending 
very little beyond the head. Antennae slightly pectinated. Fore 
tibiae very short; hind tibiae incrassated. Wings with two blackish 
oblique nearly parallel lines, of which the exterior one forms an 
acute angle near the costa of the fore wings; exterior border 
slightly bent. Fore wings subfalcate; costa convex towards the 
tip ; an interior line which is nearly parallel to the middle one. 
