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8. Genus: Dalcerlna Dyar. 
Antennae short, bipectinate, with an ajitical tuft of scales. Head projecting, eyes large. Palpi porrect, 
thin, projecting beyond the frons by half their length, not reaching the vertex. Legs slender, hind tibia only 
with a terminal spur, third joint tiny. Costal margin of costa straight, rounded at the apex. Vein 1 forked at 
the ,base, not ramified. 1 c present; vein 2 from the centre of the cell; 4 and 5 on a short stalk; cell closed by 
a widely angled fork of the discal vein; 6 midway between 5 and discal veins 7 and 8 on a long stalk below 
the upper cell-angle; 9 and 10 on a long stalk as in Dalcera. but 11 with 9 and 10 exactly as long; 12 from 
the base. Hindwing with 3 interior veins. 2 from the centre of the cell; 3 and 4 arise close next to each other; 
5 from the lower part of the cross-vein; discal vein as on the forewing; 6 and 7 very far oft’ from each other, 
parallel. 8 at the end of the cell very near to 8, but separated from it or only connected with it bv traces ot 
an anastomosis towards the base, where the vein is roxmded towards the costal margin. 
D. tijucana Sch-s. Fore wing yellowish white, finely reddish along the distal and interior margins and through tljvcana. 
the centre of the wing; a black oblique line at the end of the cell and a black shadow along the media. Hind¬ 
wing light yellow. Head orange, collar yellow, thorax light pink and the abdomen dorsally yellow, orange 
beneath. Wings beneath yellow, with a small black spot at. the end of the cell on the forewing. 35 mm. Tijuea. 
Rio de Janeiro. 
4. Genus: A crag a Whr. 
Body slender, proboscis very short, palpi thin, very short. 3rd joint very small. Antennae with very 
short pectinations. Legs thin, clothed with long hair, posterior tibia with 4 long spurs. Wings broad. Forewing; 
vein 3 is twice as far away from 2 as 2 is from 1. 4 half as far away from 3 as 3 is from 2. Hindwings pro¬ 
jecting very far beyond the abdomen. 
A. moorei Dyar (= ochracea Mr. nom. praeoc.) (168 d) is easily discernible by the dark-scaled veins, mom-el. 
Ground-colour intensely ochreous yellow. 34. $ 44 mm. Brazil. 
A. coa Schs. (168 d). Orange, all the veins of the forewing with yellow lines, more distinctly so in the coa. 
8 than in the $. 33. 2 44 mm. Coatepec. Jalapa, Mexico. Orizaba; Honduras. 
A. conda Dyar (168 d) was described as a variation of the following ochracea from which, however, it conda. 
differs in the different kind of the ground-colour, the orange colouring seems to be spread across a yellow ground 
and is more intense at the inner margin. Guiana. 
A. ochracea Whr. Antennae not longer than the thorax, with very short pectinations. Wings reddish ochracea. 
yellow. Mexico. Tierra Colorado. Costa Rica. Irazu 6000- 7000 ft. (Rogers), Ecuador, South Eastern Brazil. 
Rio de Janeiro. 
A. meridensis Dgn. 22 mm. Palpi, head, antennae, body, legs, fringes and wings yellowish orange, the mcrhPns'm. 
wings with long hairs at the interior margin and especially at the abdominal margin. Merida, Venezuela. 2 
It is very closely allied with ochracea Whr.. but more orange. 
A. canaquitam Dyar. $ of a glaring reddish brown, the veins of the forewing paler. Expanse: 38 mm. canaquilam. 
Of the shape of coa and moribunda, the veins with still more distinct pale lines, but of a darker, more uniform 
ground-colour. It may be that the forms mentioned will prove to be variations of one species. Pao Obispo, 
Mexico. December 1924. 
A. ciliata Whr. Pale red-brown. Body and legs beneath whitish. Antennae whitish, with brownish ciliata. 
yellow scales. Forewing with a rusty red macula at the end of the discal area. Interior margin and the end 
of the cell distinctly marked brown. Jamaica. 
A. infusa Dyar (168 d). Head and abdomen of a deep yellow. Thorax orange, forewing deep yellow, infusa. 
The margins and a stripe along the median vein and vein 4 orange. Hindwing deep yellow, slightly shaded 
with orange at the anal angle. 19 mm. St. Laurent, Maroni River, French Guiana. 
A. melinda Drc. Forewing and hindwing uniformly yellowish orange, the forewing somewhat darker melinda. 
at the inner margin: beneath as above; head, antennae, thorax, abdomen and legs yellowish orange. 50 mm. 
Panama, Chiriqui. 
A. angulifera Dyar. Body and wings pale lemon-coloured. Costal margin of forewing palest. Forewing: angulifcra. 
a dark brown, inwardly flawed line at the end of the cell, a subterminal brownish shadow below vein 7. bent 
inwards towards vein 2, then straight to the interior margin. Hindwing with a brown line at the anal angle. 
21 mm. St. Jean. Maroni River, French Guiana. 
A. leberna Drc. (168 e). Forewing creamy white with a broad reddish brown submarginal band ex- lehcrna. 
tending from the apex to the anal angle; a small reddish brown spot at the end of the cell. Hindwing creamy 
white, with reddish brown dots at the anal angle. Wings beneath yellowish white without any marking. Head, 
thorax, abdomen, antennae and legs reddish brown. Ecuador, Sarayacu. 
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