﻿1582 CATALOGUE OF 



6. AZETA EHODOGASTER. 



Fusca^ glaucescente conspersa^ subtus rvfescens ; abdomen incarna' 

 turn, vitta dorsali brevi antica fuaca ; oIcb linea fxteriore 

 ohscuriore perobliqua ; aniicce pfaga costali pulverosa glauces- 

 cente ; poslica ciliis rvfis, subius incarnatee apud costam 



fuSCCB. 



Azeta rliodogaster, Guen. Nod. iii. 360, 1835. 

 Vera Cruz. 



Genus 12. SELENIS. 



Corpus sat pfracile. Proboscis brevis. Palpi oblique ascen- 

 dentes ; articulus 3us linearis, apice oblusus, 2i dimidiu longior. 

 Antennae corpore paullo breviores. Abdomen lanceolatum, alas 

 poslicas non superans. Pedes sat gracilovS, subpilosi ; tibisB posticus 

 calcaribus longis. Ala? sat angusla?, subdenticulatae ; anticae apud 

 costam pallidap, apice subrotundatie, margine exteriore perobliquo. 

 Mas. — AntennsB setisplurimis abbreviatis. Pedes anlici densissime 

 pilosi. Fcem, — Antennae setis minimis. 



Selenis, Guen. Nod. iii. 361. 



Body moderately slender. Proboscis short. Palpi obliquely 

 ascending ; third joint linear, obtuse at the tip, more than half the 

 length of ihe second. Antennae rather shorter than the body. Ab- 

 domen lanceolate, not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 rather slender, slightly pilose ; hind libiee with long spurs. Wings 

 rather narrow, slightly deniiculaled. Fore wings with a pale 

 space along the costa, which is straight, somewhat rounded at the 

 tips, very oblique along the exterior border. Male. — Antennae 

 with short very numerous sette. Fore legs mostly densely pilose. 

 Female. — Antennae with extremely minute setae. 



West Indies. 

 1. Selenis Sueko. 



Nigro-fusca ; thorax pallide subcervinus ; tarsi albo cindi ; alee 

 lineis denticulatis nigrisy linea submarginali interrupta cer- 

 vina^ subtus cinereo-fusca, (jutiis quatuor discalibus albis ; 

 anticae glaucescente suffusce^ linea exteriore distindissima, 

 spatio costali subcervino linea exteriore ex parte marginato ; 

 postica purpiirascente tinctce. 



Selenis Suero, Guen. Noct. iii. 362, 1837. 



Cayenne. Surinam. 



«. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



