1728 CATALOGUE OF 
Genus SIMENA. 
Mas. Corpus gracile. Proboscis capitis latitudine multo 
longior. Palpi porrecti, caput non superantes; articulus 8us coni- 
cus, obtusus. Antenne sat late pectinate, corporis dimidio lon- 
giores. Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes validi; 
tibie postice dilatate, quadricalcarate. Ale late; antice apud 
costam subrectx, apice rotundate, margine exteriore sat obliquo. 
Male. Body slender. Proboscis much longer than the breadth 
of the head. Palpi porrect, not extending beyond the head; third , 
joint conical, minute, obtuse. Antenne rather deeply pectinated, 
more than half the length of the body. Abdomen extending a little 
beyond the hind wings. Legs stout; hind tibie dilated, with four 
spurs; middle spurs long ; apical pair short. Wings broad. Fore 
wings almost straight in “front, rounded at the tips, rather oblique 
along the exterior border ; three inferior veins ; second nearly thrice 
further from the third than from the first. 
1. SIMENA LUCTIFERA. 
Mas. Purpureo-cinerea ; caput et thorax anticus lutea ; antenne 
nigra; ale antice fascia lata alba. 
Male. Purplish gray. Head and fore part of the thorax 
luteous. Proboscis tawny. Antenne black. Fore wings with a 
broad white band, which decreases in breadth towards the interior 
angle. Length of the body 9 lines; of the wings 21 lines. 
Mexico. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
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REpoa? CoMEs. 
Mas. Alba; ale antice fasciis quatuor obliquis glauco-albis. 
Idalia comes, (Phalena Vera, Hypogymnia subsquammata), Geyer, 
Samml. Exot. Schmett. 16, 324, f. 647, 648. 
Brazil. 
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Lauia? Socrus. 
Mas. Testacea; ale antice cervine, dimidio fere apicali fusco 
macula cervina, subtus testacee apice fusce. 
