SEMNIA. 26l 



This Moth is found in many parts of South America and the 

 West Indies. 



"Bright orange. Head whitish, black about the eyes. 

 Antennae, palpi, and legs black; palpi, femora, and tibiae 

 whitish beneath. Apical part of the wings beneath and of the 

 fore-wings above whitish, with black-bordered veins, and with 

 a black fringe ; hind-wings deep black towards the tips. 

 Length of the body, from six to eight lines ; of the wings, from 

 sixteen to twenty lines " ( Walker). 



GENUS SEMNIA. (Semniidcs.} 



Semm'a, Hiibner, Zutr. Exot. Schmett. ii. p. 28 (1823) ; id. Verz. 



bek. Schmett. p. 353 (1824?); Walker, List Lepid. Ins. 



Brit. Mus. xix. p. 833 (1859); Lederer, Wien. Ent. Mon. 



vii. P- 333 (1863). 



Another South American genus, resembling the Ddtoidcz 

 in general appearance, with moderately long palpi, and a 

 plumose tuft in the middle of the antennae of the male. 



SEMNIA AURITALIS. 

 (Plate CLIL, Fig. 3.) 



Semnia auritalis, Hiibner, Zutr. Exot. Schmett. ii. p. 28, figs 

 361, 362 (1823); Lederer, Wien. Ent. Mon. vii. p. 334, 

 Taf. 6, fig. 4 (1863). 



Seomnia auritalis^ Walker, List Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus. xix. 

 p. 834, no. i (1859). 



This is a Brazilian species. It expands about an inch. 



The fore-wings are brown, with a dull leaden lustre, with a 

 large pale yellow spot on the inner margin at the base, which 

 extends more than half way to the costa. The hind-wings are 

 golden-yellow with a black marginal line, broad at the costa, 

 aqd attenuated towards the hinder angle. 



