﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEEA. 1485 



plurimis parallelis denticulatis incequalibus violaceo cinereis 

 rufescenlibus et nigris ; anticce spatio antico carneo^ costa 

 rufescente, linea exteriore e strigis nigris^ tinea submargiaali 

 rufescente informi distincla, 



Selenis lanipes, Guen. NocL iii. 363, 1839. 



Genus 13. MENECINA. 



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

 ascendentes, subarcuati, valde compressi ; articulus 3us linearis, 2o 

 paullo brevior. Antennae peciinaiae, corporis dimidio longiores, 

 ramis arcuatis. Abdomen lanceolatum, apice subfasciculatum, alas 

 posticas vix superans. Pedes vix robusti ; tibiae posticae calcaribus 

 longis. Alae sat angustae, non denticulatae ; anticae apud coslam 

 pallidae, apice snbrotundatae, margine exteriore valde obliquo ; 

 posticae margine exteriore subflexo. 



Male, Much resembling the Pyralites in the form of the palpi. 

 Body rather slender. Proboscis short. Palpi long, ascending, 

 slightly curved, much compressed ; third joint linear, a little shorter 

 than the second. Antennae moderately pectinated, more than half 

 the length of the body; branches slender, curved. Abdomen 

 lanceolate, hardly extending beyond the hind wings, slightly tufted 

 at the tip. Legs moderately stout ; hind tibiae with long spurs. 

 Wings rather narrow, not denticulated. Fore wings straight along 

 the costa, slightly rounded at the tips, exterior border very oblique. 

 Hind wings with the exterior border somewhat bent. 



1. Menecina bifacies. 



Mas. JEneo-fusctty nitens, subtus cinereo-fusca ; caput luteum ; 

 thorax opalino-albus ; alee lunulis marginalibus nigris albo 

 lineatis, linea submarginali e guttis pallidis ; anticce costam 

 versus opalino-albce testaceo vittatce^ fascia rtiarginali alba^ 

 orbiculari et reniformi nigro marginatis, vitta subtus lata 

 discali lutea, 



Male, Bronze-brown, shining, cinereous-brown beneath. 

 Head and palpi mostly luteous. Thorax and subcostal part of the 

 fore wings pearly while ; the subcostal part with a testaceous stripe, 

 the white hue diffuse towards the costa, along which there are some 

 small while marks. Wings with black white-bordered marginal 



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