SAFIA. 105 



Genus SAFIA. „ 



Type. 



Safia, Giien. Noct. iii. p. 20 (1852) celia. 



Campoinetra, Guen. Noct, iii. p. 25(18-52) amella. 



Ehubina, VVlk. xr. 1820 (1858) irresoluta. 



Placonia, Mosclil. Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wieii, xxx. p. 410 



(1880) selene. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, tbe 2iid joint reaching to vertex 

 of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd long; frons smooth, with tuft of hair 

 above; eyes large, round; anteunre of male with fasciculate cilia; thorax 

 clothed almost entirely with scales, the pro- aud metathorax with spreading 

 crests, the patagia dilated with scales at extremity; fore coxa; and femora of 

 male fringed with long hair, the ibre and mid tibiie moderately fringed witli 

 hair, tbe mid tibire dilated with a groove containing a tuft of long hair, the 

 hind tibiie fringed with long hair, the fore and hind tibite not spined ; 

 abdomen with dorsal series of crests, the crests on medial segments large, 

 formed of loose hair, the crest on 3rd segment somewhat divided. Fore wing 

 with the costa arched towards apex wliich is rounded, the terraen evenly 

 curved and highly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; G from 

 upper angle; 'J from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from 

 cell. Hind wing with the cell about half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 

 from angle; 5 fully developed from just above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 

 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



Sect. I. Hind wing of male on underside clothed with silky androconia. 



A. Hind tarsi of male fringed with hair above. 



a. Hind wing with the discal area tinged with crimson ... rufipicta, 



b. Hind wing with the discal urea not tinged with 



crimson. 

 a}. Fore wing with the basal area suffused with 

 blai-kisli. 

 a-. Fore wing with the outer edge of reniform not 

 connected with the costa by a whitit-h bar, 

 a^. Fore wing without black patch on inner medial 

 area. 

 a*. Fore wing witli the postmedial area not 

 suffused with blai'k. 

 C'^. Fore wing with the basal area tinged with 



blue-grey pascuala. 



b^. Fore wing with the basal area not tinged 



with blue-grey obsolefacfa. 



h^. Fore wing with the postmedial area suffused 



with black simpliciov. 



Ifi. Fore wing with black patch on inner medial 



area cndomdas. 



h^. Fore wing with the outer edge of reniform con- 

 nected with the conta by a whitish bar demera. 



6'. Fore wing with the basal area concolorous. 



a^. Both wings with the terminal area concolorous... subrosea. 



6*. Fore wing with the terminal area pale guayaquihda. 



C-. lioth wings with the terminal area whitish separabtlis. 



