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lineis duabus fuscis , la flexa antice nigra , 2a recta obliqua , 
spatio intermedio Jiavescente , gutta discali alba fusco mar- 
ginal ; posticce linea exteriore nigra undulata , gutta discali 
nigra subtus conspicua , margins interiore albo . 
Male. Fawn-colour, paler and with a cinereous tinge beneath. 
Head with a white band between the antennae, which are white 
beneath. Abdomen with a blackish dorsal stripe, which occupies 
the whole of the tip, and is deep black at the base. Legs whitish, 
black-speckled. Wings slightly black-speckled, with a row of black 
white-marked submarginal points. Fore wings with two brown 
lines ; the intermediate space mostly yellowish ; interior line slightly 
undulating, bent towards the costa, near which it is marked with 
black; exterior line straight, oblique, having near its inner side in 
front a white brown-bordered dot. Hind wings with a yellowish 
space beyond the bind part of the exterior line, which is black and 
undulating ; discal dot black, most conspicuous beneath ; a white 
stripe along the interior border. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the 
wings 12 lines. 
Eio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry’s collection. 
Page 184. 
Selenia Apamaria. 
Fcem. Cinerea,ferrugineo dense conspersa; fasciculus frantalis acu- 
tus ; palpi rostriformes , subascendente s ,• aloe fasciis duabus al- 
bidis obliquis in deter minatis subtus albis distinctis , linea fusca 
obliqua subrecta , linea marginali albida intus fusco marginata ; 
anticce obtusa , plaga subtus alba postica marginali , margine 
exteriore angulato antice concavo ; posticce dente bene deter- 
minate. 
Female. Cinereous, thickly ferruginous-speckled. Frontal 
tuft prominent, acute. Palpi rostriform, slightly ascending; third 
joint forming a very slight angle with the second. Wings with two 
whitish oblique irregular bands, which are quite white and more 
distinct on the under side ; the whitish hue also appears at the tips, 
and on the under side there is a white patch on the hind part of the 
exterior border ; a brown oblique nearly stiaight line, which is 
slightly interrupted by the veins; marginal line whitish, bordered 
with brown on the inner side. Fore wings obtuse at the tips; ex- 
terior border concave along the fore part of the angle. Hind wings 
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