TRIFID^. 



Ill 



D . Fore wings dark grey. 0. loia. 



D2. Fore wings pale yellow-fulvous. 0. macilenta. 



C^. Subterminal line undulatinj?. 



D3. Fore wings yellow-brown reticulated with tawny-red. 



0. ferrnginca. 

 A?. No oblique streak before the apex nor black spot ia 



the reniform stigma. 

 D*. Fore wings orange-drab broadly banded with rich dark 

 tawny. 0. riifina. 



1. O. rufina, L.; helvola, Stand. Ca^.— Expanse If to 

 U inch. Fore wings rather elongate, orange-drab or 

 orange-brown, with rich broad tawny bands at the base 

 and before the hind margin, and a narrow angulated one 

 in the middle of the wing ; hind wings smoky-brown, margined 

 with pinkish-white. 



Antenna of the male long, simple, but well ciliated with 

 tufts of fine white bristles which simulate small pectinations, 

 red-brown; palpi rather short but broadly tufted, brilliant 

 purple-red, apical joint short and thick, pale yellow; eyes 

 naked, deep black; front and back lashes erect, bright 

 purplish-red ; head tawny, round the base of each antenna 

 is a white ring; thorax smooth, rich purplish-tawny, the 

 scales at the back drawn together into a small prostrate 

 tuft: fascicles smoky-white; abdomen covered with long 

 scales of a bright purple pink, except the anal tuft, which 

 is large and yellow dusted with orange-red ; lateral tufts 

 large and loose. Fore wings rather pointed; costa very 

 gently curved ; apex angulated ; hind margin oblique, almost 

 retuse to the middle, thence full and rounded off; dorsal 

 margin nearly straight ; colour orange-drab or orange-brown; 

 basal line irregular, indented, almost complete, dark purple- 

 brown ; first line of the same colour, more oblique but curved 

 and indented, edged outside with paler ; the space between 

 it and the basal line occupied by a conspicuous purple-brown 

 or tawny band ; second line dark purple-brown with a pale 



