LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA 
239 
Hind wings with the exterior border very slightly scolloped. 
Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 
Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry’s collection. 
Apicia? libera ria. 
Fcem. Pallide rufescente-cervina, subtus pallide testacea ; palpi 
por recti, caput vix super antes ; antenna graciles ; tibia postica 
non incrassatce ; alee amplce , nigricanle substrigata , lineis 
duabus mediis obliquis cinereis subparallelis vix undulatis , 
fimbria cinerea ; antica subfalcatce , lineis quatuor , 4 a albido 
punctata , margine exteriore subconvexo subobliquo. 
Female. Pale reddish fawn-colour, pale testaceous beneath. 
Palpi porrect, hardly extending beyond the head ; third joint 
extremely minute. Antennae slender. Hind tibiae not incrassated. 
Wings ample, slightly and transversely blackish-streaked, with two 
middle oblique cinereous nearly parallel hardly undulatiug lines; 
fringe cinereous. Fore wings subfalcate ; costa straight; exterior 
border slightly convex and oblique, with an interior line which is 
nearly parallel to the two middle lines, and with an exterior one 
which is incomplete and whitish pointed. Wings beneath without 
lines, except three black subcostal dots, which indicate the exterior 
one. Length of the body 6? lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 
Apicia? inficitaria. 
Mas. Pallide testacea , subtus lutescens ; palpi porrecti , caput vix su- 
perantes ; antenna pec tinata, apice simplices ; tibia postica in- 
crassata ; ala fusco subconspersa , linea recta obliqua fusees - 
cenie , spatio exteriore purpurascente-cinereo ; antica acuta , 
puncto discali nigricanle, linea inleriore undulata diffusa 
pur pur ascente- cinerea, linea exteriore apud costam angulata, 
margine exteriore convexo ; postica margine exteriore sub - 
fiexo . 
Male. Pale testaceous, with a luteous tinge on the under side. 
Palpi porrect, hardly extending beyond the head ; third joint 
extremely minute. Antenna) pectinated to nearly two-thirds of the 
length. Hind tibiae incrassated. Wings minutely and trans- 
versely brown-streaked, with a straight oblique brownish line ; space 
beyond the line mostly purplish cinereous. Fore wings acute, with 
a blackish discal point and with an interior undulating diffuse 
