( L^59 ) 



which is lustrous ciiestiint-brown ; iiutemciliul ihirk line straight, slightly ()l)li(iiie ; 

 postmedial line whitish, curved near the costa, then straight to the inner margin. 

 Secondary dark greyish witli a medial whitish line ; a whitish small patch on the 

 termen near the toruns ; fringes pnrc white below the apex. 



Expanse : 50 mm. 



Hub. The tyi)e is my collection from Ekeikei, where the species occurs in 

 January and February. 



210. Ophiusa medioalbata spec. nov. 



?. Head ami tliorax bright orange, abdomen dark brown. Primary dark 

 brown with two small basal whitish spots ; a broad white median band and a 

 white subreniform small costal patch midway between the white band and the 

 aj)ex ; fringes white. Secondary uniform blackish brown, with white fringes. 



Expanse : 48 mm. 



Ilab. The type is in my collection from Dinawa, where the insect occurs in 

 May and Juno. 



This sjiecies will come between 0. froniiiuis Drury and latizonu Btl. 



211. Ophiusa sublutea spec. nov. 



?. Head and thorax pale orange-brown, abdomen orange-yellow with a large 

 triangular black dorsal patch in front of the anus. Primary deep reddish with an 

 indefinite black basal line not lower than the cell, a grey dot in the cell ; reniform 

 grey for its lower half; an interrnpted deeply serrated pale subterminal line, ending 

 in a suboval pale grey tornal ])atch ; a black spot in the deep serration below the 

 apex, and a smaller one in the angle below vein 4. Secondary uniform chrome- 

 yellow, with two black confluent spots on veins 5 and G. 



Expanse : 60 mm. 



Ilah. The type is in my collection from Ekeikei, where the species occurs in 

 March and April ; other examples are in the Tring Blusenm from the Aroa River. 

 1 have a male from Mafalu (GOOO ft.), but the primaries are creamy colour ; it has, 

 however, every appearance of being worn, and I liave therefore described the fresh 

 female. The species will come next to O. Jigcrimiuans. 



212. Ophiusa kenricki spec. nov. 



cJ. Head and thorax bright chrome-yellow, the latter with a broad central 

 stripe of purplish red ; abdomen yellow. Primary chrome-yellow, with the 

 orbicular a small grey spot finely encircled with red ; reniform grey, finely 

 encircled with red ; a reddish purplish patch on the costa by the ape.x ; a much 

 larger similar coloured patch at the tovnus, in which is an oval greyish sharply 

 defined patch occnjiying the tornus itself ; the pur|)lish reddish colour extends 

 along the inner margin, tapering rapidly basewards to a fifth from the base ; 

 terminal area between the two patches very broadly i)ale reddish ; termen spotted 

 with grey ; a few grey spots in front of the ai)cx rcjiresenting the subterminal line. 

 Secondary pure spotless chrome-yellow. 



Expanse : 78 mm. 



Ilab. The type is in my collection from Mafalu, where it occurred in August ; 

 it is a very beautiful insect, and a rare one. 



