COLLECTED AT SAKAAVAK. 179 



derside with Ji brown disc.il lunule. Fore wings with a brown discal 

 point. Length of the body 10 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



Fam. OPHIUSID^, Guen. 



Gen, Laooptera, Gicen. 



406. Lagoptera pallescens, n. s. Mas. PaUide testaceo-cinerea, 

 capite palpisque obscure fuscis, alis anticis nigro conspersis, lineis in- 

 teriore et exteriore fuscescentibus, I" undulata, 2" denticulata antice 

 flexa, linea media minus determinata et reniformi nigro conspersa cer- 

 vinis, spatio marginali obscuriore lineam submarginalem cineream un- 

 dulatara includente, alis posticis pallide flavescentibus margine latis- 

 simo nigro. 



Male. Pale testaceous cinereous. Head and palpi dark brown. Ab- 

 domen and underside pale yellowish. Fore wings black-speckled, with 

 the interior and exterior lines brownish, the 1st undulating, the 2nd 

 denticulated, bent in front ; middle line fawn-colour, less distinct ; 

 space beyond the exterior line darker than the ground-hue, including 

 the undulating cinereous subniarginal line ; reniform mark fawn-colour, 

 thickly speckled with black. Hind wings pale yellowish, with a very 

 broad black border, which becomes narrower towards the interior angle. 

 Length of the body 16 lines; of the wings 40 lines. 



Gen. Ceebia, Whlh. 



40/, Cerbia subolivacea, n. s. Mas. Pallide olivaceo-cervina, sub- 

 tus lutescenti-cervina, abdomine cristato, alis anticis latis nigro con- 

 spersis, lineis nonnullis denticulatis nigris ex parte nigro nebulosis, 

 alis posticis linea exteriore fasciaque submarginali nigricantibus. 



Male. Pale fawn-colour, tinged with olive-green, lutescent fawn-colom* 

 beneath. Third joint of the palpi a little shorter than the 2nd, and 

 less than half its breadth. Antennae stout, thickly setulose and pu- 

 bescent. Thorax very robust. Abdomen crested, not extending be- 

 yond the hind wings. Legs stout ; spurs long. Wings broad, with 

 black marginal points. Fore wings with black speckles, and with 

 several denticulated black lines, some of which are partly and slightly 

 shaded with black ; underside, and both surfaces of the hind wings, 

 with a blackish exterior line and a blackish submarginal band, which 

 is broadest in the hind wings. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the 

 wings 20 lines. 



Gen. Ophisma, Guen. 



408. Ophisma inversa. Walk. Cat. Lep. 3rd ser. 1384. 



409, Ophisma rubida, n. s. Mas. Saturate rufa, subtus cervina, alis 

 anticis costa pallidiore subcinei'ea, lineis duabus postice obsoletis, fas- 

 cia marginali glauco-cana extus diffusa intus concisa, punctis duobus 



