60 [August, 



Allied to the above is a beautiful little species, formerly in Mr 

 Norris' collection, from Limas — 



Ophthalmophora bella, sp. n. 

 Primaries above rusty chocolate-brown, transversely streaked with greyish or I 

 sericeous whity-brown ; costal border silvery- white, the striae upon the costal area I 

 being also white ; extreme edge of costal margin slightly yellowish ; an arched sub- 

 basal silvery-white line ; a broad extremely oblique belt, its inner two-thirds silvery- 

 white, and its outer third pale creamy-buff, from the inner margin to the second 

 median branch, where it joins a slightly curved transverse grey stripe, which runs to 

 the sub-costal vein ; fringe creamy-white ; secondaries silver-grey, densely irrorated 

 with chocolate-brown, excepting at the borders ; base chocolate-brown, bounded by 

 a broad pearly- white band ; apical border, from costa to second sub-costal branch, 

 white, fringe creamy-buff ; a forked, shining, metallic, opaline, tin-like band from 

 the costa, its outer fork sub-marginal and bounding the apical patch, its inner fork 

 terminating abruptly at the radial vein ; between these forks is a conspicuous black 

 ocellus with buff iris and crescent-like mother-of-pearl centre ; a sub-marginal, em- 

 bossed, plumbageous spot, with pink reflections, on the lower radial interspace, and 

 therefore just beyond the apical sub-marginal forked tin-like band ; this spot is 

 followed by four pure silvery sub-marginal spots ; fringe of this part of the wing of 

 the same pale grey as the border ; abdominal border sparsely spangled with shining 

 opaline scales ; body grey, abdomen narrowly banded with white ; antennae cream- 

 coloured, with yellow inner margin : under-surface pure white ; primaries, with the 

 discoidal and apical areas, grey, and the costa pale buff ; legs pale buff. 



Expanse of wings, 1 inch, 4 lines. 

 Limas. 



This beautiful little species is one of the links between the O. 

 formosanta group and O. amabilis of Cramer, with which two types 

 M. Guenee concludes his enumeration of the species of this genus. 



Of the two forms described subsequently by Mr. Walker, 0. 

 elysiata comes nearer to O. formosanta, whereas, O. danaeata forms 

 the type of a third group, having a series of four well-defined ocelli 

 across the secondaries. 



Nearest to 0. elysiata, but also apparently allied to O. aleetaria 

 of G-uenee, is a handsome new species recently received from Eio 

 Janeiro — 



Oplitliahnopliora Lucilla, sp. n. 



Primaries above dull ferruginous, discoidal area sparsely mottled with small 

 white stria; ; costal border grey, densely striated with white, the edge creamy- white ; 

 fringe chrome-yellow ; an oblique abbreviated band from the centre of the inner 

 margin to the first median branch ; white internally, bright yellow and widely diffused 

 externally, bounded within by a dull blackish angulated stripe, which runs upwards 

 to the lower radial vein, its extremity being interrupted by a small tapering triangular 

 yellow spot ; two metallic plumbageous spots on the median interspaces ; secondaries 

 yellow, densely irrorated with dull ferruginous ; base givyish-brown, limited by an 



