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INSECTS ABROAD. 



remainder being browns of various shades. The lower wings 

 are brown, with a spot of grey in the middle, and some white 

 marks on the outer edge. This, however, is only one out of 

 the twenty-five specimens in the British Museum, in which the 

 colours of brov/n, grey, olive-green, chocolate, and white are so 

 indifferently spread over the surface that it is hardly possible 

 to decide upon any particular specimen as the type of colouring. 



The Moth which is here figured inhabits India, Ceylon, 

 Sumatra, and Java, and is a pretty though not conspicuous 

 insect. 



The upper wings are olive-brown and pink, arranged as follows. 

 "First comes olive-brown, extending from the base to nearly the 



middle of the wing. 

 Then comes a pink bar, 

 extending completely 

 across the wing; and the 

 rest is olive-brown, with 

 the exceptionof a curved 

 pink stripe stretching 

 from the lower edge 

 nearly, but not quite, 

 to the tip. The lower 

 wings are brown, edged 

 with a paler hue, and 

 having a yellow patch 

 in the middle. 



There are many spe- 

 cies of this genus, one of 

 which — perhaps the most remarkable in colour — has not yet been 

 described. The upper wings are rich deep brown, with a slight 

 blue gloss. Across the middle of each wing is drawn a broad 

 diagonal bar of chalky white, so arranged that when the wings 

 are closed the bars unite and form a saddle-shaped mark over 

 the back. The wings are edged with a row of little chalk- 

 white marks like the cogs of a wheel. As the thorax is 

 red, the appearance of the insect when at rest is sufficiently 

 remarkable. 



The specific name fuhotmnia, or " tawny-band," refers to the 

 reddish bar across the upper wings. 



-Ophiusa fulvotajiiia. 

 pink, and yellow ) 



