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CATALOGUE OF 
Genus SIMENA. 
Mas. Corpus gracile. Proboscis capitis latitudine roulto 
longior. Palpi porrecti, caput non superantes ; articulus 3us coni- 
cus, obtusus. Antennae sat late pectinatae, corporis dimidio lon- 
giores. Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes validi ; 
tibiae posticae dilatatae, quadricalcaratae. Alae latae ; anticae apud 
costam subrectae, apice rotundatae, 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. Antennae rather deeply pectinated, 
more than half the length of the body. Abdomen extending a little 
beyond the hind wings. Legs stout"; hind tibiae 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. SlMENA LUCTIFERA. 
Mas. Purpureo-cinerea ; caput et thorax anticus lutea ; antennae 
nigra ; ala antic a fascia lata alba . 
Male. Purplish gray. Head and fore part of the thorax 
luteous. Proboscis tawny. Antennae 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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BEDOA ? COMES. 
Mas. Alba ; ala antica f 'asciis quatuor obliquis glauco-albis. 
Idalia comes, ( Phalana Vera , Hypogymnia subsquammata ), Geyer , 
Samml. Exot. Schmett. 16, 324, f. 647, 648. 
Brazil. 
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LiELlA ? Socrus. L jMra * 
Mas. Testacea ; ala antica cervina , dimidio fere apicali fusco 
macula cervina , subtus testacea apice fusca. 
