834 CATALOGUE OF 



paullo superans. Pedes glabri, sat validi. Alas nitentes ; anticae 

 vix acutae, lituris discalibus lineisque nullis. Fcem. — Palpi paullo 

 breviores. Antennae simplices, graciles. Abdomen alas posticas 

 non superans. 



Semnia, Hubn Verz. Schm. 353, 3371. 



Male. Body rather slender. Proboscis short. Palpi porrect, 

 long, compressed, slightly fringed ; third joint lanceolate, a little 

 shorter than the second. Antennae curled towards the tips ; first 

 joint long, stout, forming an angle with theflagellum, which towards 

 the tip is furnished with a tuft of squamous plumes. Abdomen ex- 

 tending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, moderately 

 stout ; spurs long. Wings shining, moderately broad. Fore wings 

 hardly acute, without the usual lines and discal marks. Female. — 

 Palpi a little shorter than those of the male. Antennae simple, 

 slender. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings. 



1. SOMNTA AURITALIS. 



Mas et fcem. Nigricante-cenea ; palpi subtus basi pallide lutei ; 

 alee anticce subpurpurascentes, macula magna postica anlebasali 

 pallide flava, basi postico purpurascente-rufo ; posticte Icete 

 lutece, margine lato purpurascente-nigricante postice attenuate 

 et abbreviate. 



Semnia auritalis (Pyralis vulgaris, Palpi ta ambigua), Hubn. Exot. 

 Schm. Zutr. 28, 181, f. 361, 362 ; Verz. Schm. 353, 3371. 



Male and female. Blackish bronze colour. Palpi beneath to- 

 wards the base and proboscis pale luteous. Fore wings mostly lined 

 with purple ; a large pale yellow spot near the base of the hind 

 border; space between it and the base purplish red. Hind wings 

 bright luteous, with a broad purplish blackish border, which is atten- 

 uated hindward and does not extend to the interior angle. Length 

 of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 — 13 lines. 



a. Kio Janeiro. From Mr. Lamb's collection. 



Genus NACHABA. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis brevis. Palpi breves, 

 pilosi, angulati ; articulus 3us declivis, acutus, 2o multo brevior. 

 Antennae sat validae, subpubescentes, vix serratae ; articulus lus 

 longus, robustus. Abdomen alas posticas vix superans. Pedes glabri ; 

 tibiae posticae pilosae, calcaribus vix longis. Alae breviusculae, sub- 



