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Genus 35. SELENIA. 



Corpus gracile. Fasciculus frontalis acutus, declivis. Pro- 

 boscis brevissima, gracillima. Palpi lati, rostriformes, caput su- 

 perantes ; artnulus 3us minimus. Antennas maris pectinatae, 

 fceminae simplices. Thorax dense vestitus. Pedes glabri, validi ; 

 tibiae non incrassatae ; tarsi robusti. AIsb ampla3, oblongae ; antieae 

 margine exteriore valde angulato ; postica2 margine exteriore plus 

 minusve dentato. 



Selenia, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 292 ; Herr.-Sch. ; Guen. Phal. i. 150 ; 



Led. Z. B. V. W. iii. 204. 

 Ennomos, p., Treit. ; Dup. ; Boisd. 

 Geometra, Steph. 



Body slender. Frontal tuft prolonged, acute, declining. 

 Proboscis very short and slender. Palpi broad, rostriform, ex- 

 tending beyond the head ; third joint acute, very minute. An- 

 tennae moderately pectinated to the tips in the male, simple in the 

 female. Thorax densely clothed. Legs smooth, stout; tibiae not 

 incrassated ; spurs equal, moderately long; tarsi robust. Wings 

 ample, oblong ; fringe short. Fore wings with the exterior border 

 very angular. Hind wings with the exterior border more or less 

 dentate. 



1. Selenia illunaria. 



Pallide ochracea ; alee ferrugineo conspersce ; anticce apud costam 

 albida, lineis tribus subparallelis ferrugineis apud costam 

 dilatatis, margine exteriore postico excavato ; posticce lineis 

 subobsoletis, margine exteriore postico subdentato. 



■■ , Albin, Ins. pi. 42, f. 68. Sepp, Ins. i. pi. 2, t 



f. 4— 8. 

 Geometra lunaria, war., Wien. Verz. 282. III. N. Ausg. dess. i. 



401, 7. Bork. Eur. Schm. v. 103, 45, var. 2 — 4. Lang. 



Verz. ii. 168, 1181; 169, 1183. Schw. Beytr. 124, pi. 18, f. 



3,7,8, 11. 

 Geometra bilunaria, Esp. Schm. v. 73, pi. 13, f. I — 10. 

 Geometra illunaria, Esp. Schm. v. 76, pi. 14, f. 1 — 5. Hubn. 



Geom. pi. 7, f. 36, 37. Haw. Lep. Brit. 292. Steph. III. 



Brit. Haust. iii. 168. 

 Geometra unilunaria, Esp. Schm. v. 77, pi. 14, f. 6 — 8. 

 Geometra fulvolunaria, Esp. Schm. v. 78, pi. 14, f. 9. 



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