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Genus 35. SELENIA. 
Corpus gracile. Fasciculus frontalis acutus, declivis. Pro- 
boscis brevissima, gracilliina. Palpi lati, rostriformes, caput su- 
perantes ; articulus 3us minimus. Antennae maris pectinatae, 
fbeminae simplices. Thorax dense vestitus. Pedes glabri, validi ; 
tibiae non incrassatae ; tarsi robusti. Alse amplae, oblongae ; anticae 
margine exteriore valde angulato ; posticae margine exteriore plus 
minusve dentato. 
Selenia, Hubn. Verz. Schm . 292 ; Herr.-Sch. ; Guen. Phal . i. 150 ; 
Led. Z. B. V. W. iii. 204. 
Ennomos, p., Treit. ; Dup. ; Boisd. 
Geometra, Steph. 
Body slender. Frontal tuft prolonged, acute, declining. 
Proboscis very short and slender. Palpi broad, rostriform, ex- 
tending beyond the head ; third joint acute, very minute. An- 
tennae moderately pectinated to the tips in the male, simple in the 
female. Thorax densely clothed. Legs smooth, stout; tibiae not 
incrassated ; spurs equal, moderately long; tarsi robust. Wings 
ample, oblong ; fringe short. Fore wings with the exterior border 
very angular. Hind wings with the exterior border more or less 
dentate. 
1. Selenia illunaria. 
Pallide ochracea ; alee ferrugineo conspersce ; anticce apud costam 
albulee , lineis tribus subparallelis ferrugineis apud costam 
dilatatis , margine exteriore postico excavato ; posticce lineis 
subobsoletis , margine exteriore postico subdentato . 
- , Albin , Ins . pi. 42, f. 68. Sepp, Ins. i. pi. 2, 
f. 4—8. 
Geometra lunaria, var., Wien. Verz . 282. III. N. Ausg. dess. i. 
401, 7. Bork. Eur. Schm. v. 103, 45, var. 2 — 4. Lang. 
Verz. ii. 168, 1181; 169, 1183. Schiv . Beytr. 124, pi. 18, f. 
3, 7, 8, 11. 
Geometra bilunaria, Esp. Schm. v. 73, pi. 13, f. I — 10. 
Geometra illunaria, Esp. Schm. v. 76, pi. 14, f. 1 — 5. Hubn. 
Geom. pi. 7, f. 36, 37. Haw. Lep. Brit. 292. Steph. III. 
Brit. Haust. iii. 168. 
Geometra u nil unaria, Esp. Schm. v. 77, pi. 14, f. 6 — 8. 
Geometra fulvolunaria, Esp . Schm. v. 78, pi. 14, f. 9. 
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