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5. Selenis viteiluna. 



Testacea ; thorax fusco dense conspersus ; alee femiginece, nigri- 

 cante sujfnsa^apud marginem exteriorem purpurascente-fuscce^ 

 fascia obliqua recta albido-subcarnea costam versus flexa^ 

 lunulis marginalibus subtrigonis atris ; anticcB apud costam 

 testacece fmeo dense conspersce, vitta discali interiore albida, 

 reniformi e lunula alba vitrea ; alee subtus fuscce testaceo 

 varice, 



Selenis vitriluna, Guen, Noct, iii. 364, 1842. 



Cayenne. Para. 



6. Selenis amans. 



Rufescente-cervina, subtus pallide testacea ; thorax pallide cinereus 

 antice obscurior ; alee purpureo suffuses, lineis exteriors et 

 submarginali albidis nigro notatis valde denticulatis, fimbria 

 albo strigata; anticcs apud costam cance, apics nigricantes, 

 striga alba obliqua subapicali, orbiculari obsoleta, reniformi 

 subobsolela, linea marginali e punctis albidis ; posticcs puncto 

 basali nigricante, linea marginali denticulata. 



Female, Reddish fawn-colour, pale testaceous beneath. 

 Thorax pale cinereous, darker in front. Wings suflfused with 

 purple ; exterior and subraarginal lines whitish, marked with black, 

 much denticulated, more distinct in the hind wings than in the 

 fore wings, as is also the marginal line, which is almost confined to 

 whitish points in the fore wings, but very regularly denticulated in 

 the hind wings ; fringe with white streaks continued from the veins. 

 Fore wings hoary along the costa, blackish at the tips, with a white 

 oblique subapical streak ; orbicular mark obsolete ; reniform almost 

 obsolete. Hind wings with a blackish point in the disk towards 

 the base. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



Para. In Mr. Smith's collection. 



Country unknown. 



7. Selenis lanipes. 



Mas. Nigro-fusca ; abdomen apice ochraceum ; pedes densissime 

 pilosiy antici albo lanuginosi; ales subdenticulates lineis 



