232 AECTIAD.^. 



*1652. Ocnogyna leprieuri. 



Spihsoma leprieuri, Oberth. Et. Ent, iii. p. 43, pi. 5. f. 2 (1878) ; Kirby, 

 Cat. Het. p. 246. 



S . Head and thorax red-brown ; palpi, lower part of frons, and 

 antennas black, the last with the base of shaft crimson ; femora 

 above and tibiae and tarsi except at extremities crimson ; abdomen 

 fulvous yellow, with black dorsal and sublateral stripes. Fore wing 

 dark brown, thinly sealed, the costa and inner margin redder brown 

 and thickly scaled ; antemedial and medial black spots on costa, 

 median nervure, and inner margin ; a spot at lower angle of cell, 

 ■with a triangular spot on costa above it ; a postmedial triangular 

 spot on costa, points on veins 5 to 2, and spot on inner margin ; 

 subterminal points on vein 5 and inner margin. Hind wing dull 

 brown, with obscure blackish spots at angles of cell, subterminal 

 spots on costa and below vein .5, and diffused streaks below the cell 

 and on inner area ; cilia blackish. 



2 . Uniform black-brown, except the crimson on antennae and 

 legs ; wings very small. 



The tibial claw in this species is very minute. 



Ilab. Algeria, Philippeville (Olivier), types f J 5 iii Coll. Ober- 

 thur. Exp. (S 30 millim. 



Perhaps a subspecies or variety of 0. pudens. 



1653. Ocnogyna parasita. 



Bombyx parasita, Hiibn. Beitr. Sehmett. ii. (2) p. 42, pi. 2. f. 1 (1790); 

 id. Eur. Sehmett. ii. ff. 146, 228 ; Esp. Sehmett. iii. Suppl. p. 73, pi. 92. 

 ff. 1-7 ; Godt. Lep. Fr. iv. p. 347, pi. 36. fF. ], 2; Freyer, Neue Beitr. 

 iii. p. 5, pi. 194 ; Friv. Magyar Tud. Akad. Erkon. xi. (4) p. 147, pi. 4. 

 ff. 7 a-c ; Boisd. leones, Lep. ii. p. 121, pi. 60. ff. 5, 6 ; Staud. Cat. p. 59 ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 274. 



Fig. 131. — Ocnogyna parasita, cJ. \. 



S . Grey-brown; palpi, antennae, and ill-defined stripes on tegulae, 

 patagia, and thorax black ; abdomen with some black hair ; pectus, 

 legs, and ventral surface of abdomen blackish. Fore wing with 

 medial black pale-edged spots on costa, median nervure, and vein 1, 

 sometimes connected with the base by streaks ; postmedial elongate 

 spots on costa and veins 5 and 2 ; cilia pale at tips. Hind wing 

 rather paler or tinged with black ; diffused fuscous subterminal 

 spots sometimes present on veins 7, 5, and 2 ; cilia whitish at tips. 



