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wings blackish brown, paler at the base ; some grey flecks on the 

 anal margin ; cilia of both wings reddish brown with brown tips. 

 Under side : wings uniform brown, with prominent veins ; body 

 and legs brown ; fore tibiae and tarsi greyish white, tibiae speckled 

 with brown and with a brown spot, tarsi banded with brown, 

 middle third tarsi with white bands on the joints ; abdomen with 

 white spots on the sides. Expanse of wings, 2 in. 



Bassein, August, 1888. In coll. Swinhoe. 

 Differs from the other species of this genus in having 

 an ocellus-shaped mark on fore wings. 



437. Dor dura alicna. 



Hypcetra aliena, Walker, xxxiii., p. 964, ? (1865). 

 Dordura apicalis, Moore, Descr. Ind. Lep. Atk., ii., 

 p. 170, pi. 5, f. 20, 3^ (1882). 



Eangoon, June, 1888. In coll. Swinhoe. 



Though the types of these two are very dissimilar, it 

 is evident, from the examination of a series of this 

 insect, that it is extremely variable, and that apicalis is 

 nothing more than a handsomely marked male of aliena. 



438. Ophiusa arcuata. 



Ophiusa arcuata, Moore, P. Z. S., 1877, p. 609. 

 O.joviana, Guen. (nee Cram.), Noct., iii., 269, 1702 

 (1852). 



Eangoon, July and October, 1888. In coll. Swinhoe. 



439. Ophiusa crameri. 



Dysgonia crameri, Moore, Lep. Ceylon, iii., p. 177, 



pi. 171, f. 2 (1885). 

 Phalcena (Noctua) achatina, Cram, (nee Sulzer), Pap. 



Exot., iii., pi. 288, f. a (1780). 



Tavoy. In I. M., Calcutta. 



Palone, August, 1887. In coll. Swinhoe. 



440. Ophiusa fidvotcenia. 



Ophiusa fulvotcenia, Guen., Noct., iii., 272, 1710 (1852). 



Moulmein. In B. M. 



Bangoon, July, 1888. In coll. Swinhoe. 



