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Omiza nundata Feld. (Reise Nov., PI. CXXXIII., fig. lo ?). 



Forewings dull reddish brown, thickly covered with darker freckles, basal area 

 slightly darker, bounded by au ill-defined line; two biaekisli costal triangles on 

 either side of the middle, llindwings the same colour, but with the costal third 

 pure dull yellow. Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous with ground colour. 

 Underside deep orange; the forewings with an aggregation of lirown transverse 

 striae along the disc. 



Expanse of wings : 36 mm. 



One ? (marked <J) from the Moluccas. 



The insect is unlike any other Omiza in markings, but agrees in tlie jiale cost a 

 of the hindwings. The palpi are damaged, and the antennae entirely destroyed. 



Patruissa sternaria <nien. ocellata aberr. nov. 



In this form the outer edge of the central band is not indented, so thai wlml 

 in the tyiie form is the limit of the indentation, becomes a large discal ocellus. 

 The rest of the wings and underside precisely the same as in the type. 



One <S from Padang, one ? from As.sam, accompanying a S of I lie type form 

 from each locality. 



Omizodes gen. nov. 



Forewings broad and short ; costa curved at base and before apex ; apex 

 rounded ; hindmargin faintly curved, slightly obliijue ; anal angle rounded. Hind- 

 wings broad, with rounded hindmargin, which is slightly indented before the 

 prominent anal angle. Antennae of S broadly pectinated to apex; palpi very short ; 

 tongue ? absent; forehead slightly prominent; hind tibiae of J with four spurs. 

 Neuration : forewings, cell more than half the length of wing ; its ends very stronglv 

 inclined towards each other; first median nervule at .seven-eight lis, second just before 

 end, third from end of cell, strongly arched at base ; radials as usual. Hindwings : 

 costal approximated to subcostal for two-thirds of cell; two subcostals from ujiper 

 angle ; first median at about three-fourths, second some little distance before end 

 of cell ; third from the end. Scaling thick and dense. 



Type : Omisodes ocellata sp. nov. 



Omizodes ocellata sp. nov. 

 Forewings pale dull ochreous olive; fir.st line marked by a black costal spot, 

 and three small dark dots, one in the cell, another on the submedian fold, and the 

 third above the inner margin; exterior line from just before apex to before anal 

 angle, bent inwards in the middle, and only defined by the difference in tint, the 

 sjiace between it and the first line being darker olive ; sometimes a dark sjiot or 

 two on the cour.se of the line, and a few scattered dark scales in the hindniarginal 

 region; a semitransparent brown-edged discal spot ; fringe concolorous. Hindwings 

 jialer, yellower, witli a reddish oval cell spot, a few dark atoms, and on the inner 

 margin tlie lieginning of a geminated line. Thorax and abdomen concolorous with 

 wings; face, vertex, and antennae dark brown; palpi reddish orange. I'nderside 

 rich deep yellow with the brown markings brighter; costa of forewings brown 

 spotted, and an oblique brown apical streak. 



