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CATALOGUE OF 
paullo superans. Pedes glabri, sat validi. Alae nitentes ; antic® 
vix acut®, lituris discalibus lineisque nullis. Fcem.— Palpi paullo 
breviores. Antenn® simplices, graciles. Abdomen alas posticas 
non superans. 
Semnia, Hubn Verz. Schm. 353, 3371. 
Male. Body rather slender. Proboscis short. Palpi porrect, 
long, compressed, slightly fringed ; third joint lanceolate, a little 
shorter than the second. Antenn® curled towards the tips $ first 
joint long, stout, forming an angle with the flagellum, which towards 
the tip is furnished with a tuft of squamous plumes. Abdomen ex- 
tending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, moderately 
stout ; spurs long. Wings shining, moderately broad. Fore wings 
hardly acute, without the usual lines and discal marks. Female.— 
Palpi a little shorter than those of the male. Antenn® simple, 
slender. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings. 
1. SOMNIA AURITALIS. 
Mas et foem. Nigricante-cenea ; palpi subtus basi pallide lutei ; 
alee anticce subpurpuras centes, macula magna postica antebasali 
pallide flava , basi postico purpurascente-rufo ; postica late 
lutece , margine lato purpurascente-nigricante postice attenuato 
et abbreviato. 
Semnia auritalis (Pyralis vulgaris, Palpita ambigua), Hiibn. Exot. 
Schm. Zutr. 28, 181, f. 361, 362 ; Verz. Schm. 353, 3371. 
Male and female. Blackish bronze colour. Palpi beneath to- 
wards the base and proboscis pale luteous. Fore wings mostly lined 
with purple; a large pale yellow spot near the base ot the hind 
border; space between it and the base purplish red. Hind wings 
bright luteous, with a broad purplish blackish border, which is atten- 
uated hindward and does not extend to the interior angle. Length 
of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12—13 lines. 
a. Bio Janeiro. From Mr. Lamb’s collection. 
Genus NACHABA. 
Mas Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis brevis. Palpi breves, 
pilosi, angulati ; articulus 3us declivis, acutus, 2o multo brevier. 
Antenn® sat valid®, subpubescentes, vix serrat® ; articulus I us 
longus, robustus. Abdomen alas posticas vix superans. Pedes glabri ; 
tibi® postic® pilos®, calcaribus vix longis. Al® breviuscul®, sub- 
