108 CHARACTERS OF UNDESCRIBED 



3. OPHISMA TRAJECTA. Fcem. Fusca, crassa, palpis fere erectis 

 caput sat superantibus articulo 3o gracili subclavato 3i trienti sequi- 

 longo, alls latis breviusculis fimbria argenteo-alba marginata linea 

 subtus postmedia e punctis albis fusco notatis, alls anticis sub- 

 falcatis nigricante undulatira trilineatis orbicular! e gutta nigra 

 reniforrai angusta nigricante-marginata maculis duabus albis dis- 

 coidalibus annulos duos ferrugineos includentibus linea exteriore 

 obliqua nigra plaga apicali parva albida, alls posticis linea undulata 

 e punctis nigris albido notatis. 



Female. Brown, very stoat. Body cinereous-brown beneath. 

 Palpi nearly erect, rising somewhat higher than the vertex ; second 

 joint very stout; third subclavate, slender, about one-third of the 

 length of the second. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind 

 wings. Wings broad, short ; fringe bordered with silvery white : 

 under side with a postmedial line of points on the veins, each point 

 partly white, partly dark brown. Fore wings subfalcate, with three 

 blackish indistinct serpentine lines ; first line between the base 

 and the black dot which distinguishes the orbicular mark ; second 

 extending from the narrow blackish-bordered reniform mark and the 

 interior border; third extending from the costa to two white dis- 

 coidal spots, each of which includes a ferruginous ringlet, and the 

 anterior one is intersected by a brown line; a blackish oblique 

 line extending from the third line to the tip, where there is a very 

 small whitish patch. Hind wings with an undulating line of bkck 

 whitish-marked points. Length of the body 11^ lines ; of the wings 

 28 lines. 



Hindostan ? 



Genus TIPRA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum, laeve. Proboscis gracilis. Palpi erecti, 

 compressi, verticem sat superantes ; articulus Sus arcuatus ; 3us 

 lanceolatus, gracilis, 2i dimidio vix brevior. Antennas longiusculae, 

 subtilissime pubescentes. Abdomen alas posticas longe superans ; 

 fasciculus apicalis minimus subcompressus. Pedes subdilatati, 

 femoribus tibiisque anticis densissime fasciculatis, femoribus tibiisque 

 quatuor posterioribus subfimbriatis. Alas margine exteriore angulato. 

 Alse antic36 angustas, subacutae. 



Male. Body stout, smooth. Proboscis slender. Palpi erect, 

 compressed, rising somewhat higher than the vertex ; second joint 

 curved; third lanceolate, much more slender than the second and 

 nearly half its length. Antennas rather long, very minutely 

 pubescent. Abdomen extending much beyond the hind wings ; 

 apical tuft very small, slightly compressed. Legs moderately long; 

 femora and tibiae slightly dilated; fore femora and fore tibias most 



