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Show 1897.] CLASSIFICATION OF THE CHRYSAUGINEE. 687 wing of male with a tuft of hair on middle of costa above with a circular flap of scales at base of costa ; vein 2 from near angle of cell; 3 from angle ; 4, 5 stalked ; 6 from below upper angle; 7, 8 from angle; 9, 10 absent; 11 free. Hind wing with vein 3 from angle of cell; 4, 5 stalked (sometimes shortly); 6, 7 from upper angle, 7 anastomosing with 8. Fig. 68. Nac-haba flavisparsalis, 3. \. Type. (1)*NACHABA CONGRUALIS, Wlk. xix. 835. Brazil. (2)tNACHABA AURITALIS, Wlk. xix. 834 (nee Hiibn.). Brazil. (3)*NACHABA OPPOSITALIS, Wlk. xix. 835. Brazil. (4)fNACHABA FLAYISPARSALIS, Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) vii. p. 424. Brazil. (5)tNACHABA RECONDITANA, Wlk. xxx. 1016. Brazil. (6) NACHABA TRYPHG3NALIS, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pl. 132. f. 17. Brazil. f „ carhonalis, Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) vii. p. 423. (7)*NACHABA FUNEREA, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pl. 134. f. 23 ( $ ). Brazil. Genus SEMNIA. Semnla, Hiibn. Verz. p. 353 (1827). Acronolepia, Westw. Zool. Journ. v. p. 451 (1834). Eplsemnla, Eag. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1890, p. 481. Palpi downcurved, slender, extending about twice the length of head, the 2nd joint fringed with hair above, the 3rd long; frons with Fig. 69. Semnia auritalis, 3 • 1 a sharp tuft; antennae of male with a thick brush of scales near extremity ; hind tibiae slightly fringed with hair. Fore wing with the costa nearly straight; the apex rectangular; male with a 45* |