180 ON HETEEOCEROTTS LEPIDOPTERA EEOM SAUAWAK. 



discalibus, 1° nigricaute, 2° majore albido, alis posticis fuscis fascia 

 media alba. 

 Male. Deep dark red, fawn-colour beneath. Third joint of the palpi 

 extremely small. Antennae minutely setulose and pubescent. Abdo- 

 men brown, not extending beyond the hind wings. Fore wings paler, 

 and with a cinerous tinge along the costa ; two transverse lines, appa- 

 rent only in the fore part of the wing; a marginal glaucous hoary 

 band, concise on the inner side, diifuse on the outer side, where it is 

 intersected by lunules ; two discal points, one blackish, the other larger, 

 whitish, bordered with dark red. Hind wings brown, with a white 

 middle band ; exterior border slightly marked with white ; fringe 

 cinei'eous. Length of the body 14 lines ; of the wings 32 lines. 



410, Ophisma velata, n. s. Fosm. Ciuereo-fusca, subtus ocbracea, alis 

 anticis ferrugineis, lineis quatuor nigricantibus, 1" basali, 2* recta ex- 

 tus diffusa, 3* undulata, 4* serpentina, linea exteriore e punctis elon- 

 gatis nigris albido notatis, alis posticis subochraceis fusco bifasciatis. 



Female. Cinereous brown, ochraceous beneath. Third joint of the 

 palpi lanceolate, about one-third of the length of the 2nd. Wings 

 broad ; marginal line blackish, undulating. Fore wings ferruginous, 

 with four blackish lines; 1st line very near the base; 2nd straight, 

 diffuse on the outer side ; 3rd undulating; 4th most deeply meander- 

 ing, with a whitish mark in front, and having beyond it a line of 

 elongated black whitish-marked points. Hind wings dull ochraceous, 

 with two diffuse brown bands, the latter very broad. Length of the 

 body 8 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



411. Ophisma lutea, n. s. Mas, Lutea, capite antico fusco, alis 

 nigro subconspersis linea obliqua recta ferruginea intus nigricante et 

 diffusa, alis anticis litura subcostali nigra lineisque tribus ochraceis 

 transversis costalibns. 



Male. Luteous. Head in front and palpi brown. Antennae minutely 

 setulose and pubescent. Abdomen paler than the thorax, extending 

 a little beyond the hind wings. Legs rather slender; tarsi long, 

 spinose. Wings thinly black-speckled, paler towards the iimer side 

 of a straight ferruginous line, which extends from the tips of the fore 

 wings to the interior angle of the hind wings; this line is blackish and 

 diffuse on the inner side. Fore wings with a black subcostal mark 

 which consists of a point and of an irregular lunule, and three incipient 

 ochraceous lines which only appear by the costa. Length of the body 

 12 lines ; of the wings 28 lines. 



