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Genus VII. ZOPHOESSA. 



ZoPHOESSA E. Doublexlay. 



BoDT moderate-sized ; eyes hairy ; fore wings elongate-triangular ; hind wings tailed. 

 Head small, wider in the male than in the female, hairy, not tufted. 



Eyes prominent, hirsute. 



Antennce not half the length of the fore wings, very slender ; terminated by a distinct, elongate, slender club. 



Labial Palpi long, slender, compressed, elevated obliquely considerably higher than the level of the top of the 

 eyes; the long second joint not clothed behind with a tuft of hairs, front with numerous long hairs; terminal 

 joint minute. 

 Thoeax short, very convex, finely hairy. 



Fore Wiuf/s large, elongate-triangular. Fore margin but slightly curved ; apical angle obtuse. Apical margin 

 long, slightly concave, not scalloped ; inner angle rounded. Inner margin nearly straight. Costal vein rather 

 dilated at the base, extending to the costa a little beyond the middle. Postcostal vein with the first and second 

 branches arising near the middle of the wing; the second close to the anterior extremity of the discoidal cell; 

 third and fourth branches arising at equal distances apart beyond the cell. Upper disco-cellular extremely 

 short, oblique : middle disco-cellular rather longer, less oblique, straight : outer disco-cellular very nmch 

 longer, nearly straight, almost transverse, uniting with the third branch of tlie median vein at about the same 

 distance from its base as exists between the first and second branches ; the third branch being angulated at 

 the place of junction, beyond which it is slightly curved. 



Hind Wi7igs siibovate. Costal margin slightly arched. Outer margin scalloped ; the middle, at the extremity 

 of the third branch of the median vein, being elongated into a tail, the space within the extremity of the first 

 branch being deeply emarginate. Precostal vein very short, furcate at the tip. Costal vein extending to 

 about two thirds of the length of the costa. Postcostal vein branching at a considerable distance from the 

 base. Upper disco-cellular short, curved, but rather longer than the space between the branches of the 

 postcostal vein ; lower disco-cellular vein longer than the upper, curved, uniting with the median vein close 

 to the origin of the third branch, which is slightly curved, and extends to the outside of the tail. 



Fore Legs of the male very minute. The femur and tibia of equal length, slightly hairy. Tiie tarsus longer 

 than the tibia, very hairy and brush-like. Fore Legs of the female not longer than those of the male, cylindrical. 

 The tibia externally clothed with a few hairs. The tarsus scarcely more than half the length of the tibia, 

 scaly, ratlier dilated, and obliquely truncate at the tip, with a few very short rather thick spines nearly 

 concealed by the scales. 



Four IJincl Legs rather short, slender. Tibia with a few very fine spines on the under side ; tibial spurs rather 

 long. Tarsus armed on the sides beneatli witli rows of fine spines. Ungues elongated, curved, very acute, 

 entire. 

 Abdomen small and slender in tlie males, elongate-ovate in the females. 



This genus was proposed by Mr. E. Doubletlay in the illustrations of the present work (PI. LXI. f. 1.), but no characters have yet 

 been published of it. It is unquestionably very close to Debis, difFenng chiefly in the larger size, more triangular furc wings, concave 

 on the apical margin, and more strongly caudate hind wings. Like many of the species of Debis, the typical species is also a native 

 of the East Indies. The under surface differs chiefly in the variegated markings of the basal half of the hind wing.s, in which purplish 

 white, pale yellow, buflP, and orange brown are elegantly disposed. Tlie fore wings have three minute eyelets near the apical margin ; 

 whilst the hind wings are marked with six beautiful large black ocelli irrorated with pale blue, and with wdiite pupils, surrounded by 

 pale brown and grey rings. 



ZOl'HOESSA. 



I. ZopnoESSA Sura E. DoiihMai/ MS. ; DinM. lVestu\ S; Hewits. Gm. Diurn. I.ep. pi. G\. f. 1. 

 Svlhet. B.M. 



