Oi'HARUS. I 1' / 



patagia, and metathorax with orange spots ; abdomen black, with 

 subdorsal series of orange spots and lateral series of points. Fore 

 wing pale purplish brown ; a blackish patch at base of costa, with 

 one orange basal and two subbasal spots on it ; antemedial, post- 

 medial, and subterniinal series of orange spots on blackish bauds, 

 the 1st excurved below costa, the 2nd from costa to vein 4 and 

 with the spots on that part obsolete, the last angled inwards below 

 costa, then slightly incurved; a medial blackish shade; a terminal 

 series of small black and orange spots on the veins. Hind wing 

 pale grey-brown, suffused with blackish to beyond middle except a 

 discoidal patch ; a terminal blackish band from costa to vein 8. 



Hah. Brazil. Exp. 56 millim. This species is unknown 

 to me. 



*143U. Opharus picturata. 



Halesidota picturata, Burm. Descr. Rep. Arg. v. p. 442(1878); Kirby, Cat. 

 Het. p. 212. 



9 . Grey-brown ; palpi black, the base of 1st and 2nd joints 

 and a point on the ;3rd joint orange ; frons and vertex of head 

 with black ])oints ; tegulae and patagia with black points ; 

 thorax orange with black dorsal streak ; legs brown, the fore 

 femora and tibise fringed with orange, the mid and hind tibiae 

 orange at extremity ; abdomen orange, the 2iad segment almost 

 entirely black, the terminal segments with dorsal and subdorsal 

 black spots, the ventral surface whitish with three black streaks. 

 Fore wing with six oblique blackish bands with series of pale spots 

 on them, the 4th at end of cell attenuate towards inner margin, 

 the 6th narrow. Hind wing with traces of three obscure bands, 

 the terminal band most prominent. 



Hah. Uruguay, Conchas, Banda Oriental. Exp. -54 millim. 

 This species is unknown to me. 



1431. Opharus depicta. 



Phegoptcra depicta, Herr.-Schaff. Aussereur. Schmett. f. 292 (1855); Kirbj', 

 Cat. Het. p. 212. 



$ . Head and thorax grey-white ; frons with lateral crimson 

 marks below and a pair of crimson points above it ; vertex of head 

 with lateral black and crimson points ; antenna; black ; tegulae 

 edged with black, crimson below ; patagia with black-edged orange 

 stripe; metathorax with crimson patches; pectus with small crim- 

 son spots ; coxae crimson and black ; legs grey and black ; abdomeii 

 crimson, with large black-brown patch on dorsum from near base 

 to beyond middle and followed by a black point, the extremity grey 

 defined by black line, the lateral surface with whitish and black 

 ])atches and black striiB, the ventral surface whitish with sul)later;il 

 crimson and black spots. Fore wing white ; tlie veins black ; the 

 markings olive-brown irrorated with white and edged with black ; 

 a spot at base of costa ; an antemedial band with irregular edges 

 strongly angled outwards on median nervure, then inwards in sub- 



