OPHTHALMIS, — DIAMUNA. 651 



*:205. Ophthalmis basalis. 



Opkfhalmis hasalls, Koths. Nov. Zoul. iii. p. 50, pi. 14. f. 2,') (189G). 



5. Black; palpi with some white at sides ; frontal proniinence 

 and lateral points above it white ; teguko with orange patche.'^ ; 

 thorax with some white hair ; coxa) orange ; abdomen with ventral 

 oraiii^o bands and the last two segments orange. Fore wing with 

 medial wliite spot in cell and bar in submediau interspace ; quad- 

 rate spots in end of cell and below base of vein 2 ; a curved series 

 of six post medial spots, the spot above vein 5 further from termcn ; 

 cilia white at apex ; incomplete oblique subbasal and antcracdial 

 metallic blue lines, some scales below medial part of costa, a bar in 

 cell beyond middle and spot below it, a discoidal bar, the veins of 

 terminal area streaked with blue. Hind wing with tlie basal area 

 white to near end of cell and on inner area to well beyond middle ; 

 slight black marks at base ; .a series of six small elongate white 

 spots beyond the cell ; some blue on discocellulars and on veins of 

 terminal area ; cilia white-tipped except at middle ; the underside 

 with the costal area black to base ; a small black spot below vein 2 

 near the base. 



Bab. SuLA Is., Mangola (Platen), type f § in Coll. Rothschild. 

 E.i^i. 70 millim. 



Genus DIAMUNA. 



Type. 



Darceta, Herr.-Schaff. Aussereur. Schiuett. p. 13 (1850), non 



descr hesperina. 



Diamuna, Wlk. xii. 960 (1857) severa. 



cutis, Wlk. xii. 9l)l (1857) proserpina. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi oblique, roughly scaled, the 3rd joint short ; 

 frons with truncate conical jjroniinence with raised rim at extremity ; antenn;u 

 nearly simple, slightly dilated towards extremity; tibia; fringed with long hair ; 

 abdomen with dorsal crest on basal segment ; claspers of male large. Fore 

 •wing with the apex somewhat falcate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 



6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the sliort areole, 



7 from or from beyond tlie areole; 11 Ironi cell. Hind wing with vein 2 from 

 well before angle of cell; 3, 4 from angle; 5 obsolescent from middle of 

 discocellulars ; 0, 7 from upper angle. 



Sect. I. Fore wing of male with the costa very strongly lobed and curled over 

 above at middle, and with a depressed elliptical patch of ribbed 

 membrane below it ; the apical area very truncate, and tlie veins very 

 strotigly downcuryed ; hind wing with a fringe of long hair on inner 

 area on upperside. 



200. Diamuna falcata. 



Hccafesia falcata, Druce, Biol. Contr.-Am., Het. i. p. 35, pi. 5. fT. 23, 24 

 (l883);"Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 12. 



c? . Deep red-brown ; head, thorax, and fore legs with some 

 white hairs ; pectus, and mid and hind femora and tibia) orange ; 

 abdomen orange, with the dorsal crost at base rufous. Fore wing 

 irrorated witli a few blue-white scales forming slight streaks on 



