Selenites

According to Pliny, there is a stone in Arabia called Selenites,

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863 Various

According to Pliny, there is a stone in Arabia called Selenites, "wherein is a white, which increases and decreases with the moon."

Excursions Henry David Thoreau 1839

"Selenites," one of whose cities Schröter thought he had discovered, and of whose festal processions Gruithuisen had not despaired of becoming a spectator, to the shadowy land of the Ivory Gate.

A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition 1874

But there is one hypothesis that would suit me better than all the others, which is, the Selenites, being older than we, are wiser, and have not invented gunpowder.”

Round the Moon 2003

Also note the resemblance between the insect-like 'Selenites' and the 'gray aliens' that pervade the modern perceptions of the UFO experience.

Dad2059's Webzine of Science Fiction, Science Fact and Esoterica 2008

What if mankind – in the shape of a skinny scientist given to verbal gurning, Professor Cavor (Mark Gatiss), and a pompous, greedy chancer, Julius Bedford (Rory Kinnear) – made a giant leap in 1909, only to find insect-like creatures, Selenites, living on the Moon?

Tonight's TV highlights Jonathan Wright 2010

HG Wells published a series of stories during the decade including The First Men in the Moon which tells the story of a trip to the moon by the two protagonists and their encounters with the Selenites there.

The History of Science Fiction: 1900 - 1909 | Solar Flare: Science Fiction News 2008

The astronomers run back to their capsule popping pursuing Selenites on the way.

Sound Optional - Two "Soundtracked" Films Jeremiah McNichols 2007

The Selenites arrest the astronomers and bring them to their leader.

Sound Optional - Two "Soundtracked" Films Jeremiah McNichols 2007

More Selenites appear and it becomes increasingly difficult for the explorers to destroy them as the creatures surround them.

Sound Optional - Two "Soundtracked" Films Jeremiah McNichols 2007