496 NOCTUID^E. 



2487. Ophiusa palumba, Guen. Noct. iii, p. 211 ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. 



iii, pi. 168, figs. 1, 1 a, b (larva) ; C. 8. no. 2641. 

 Remigia colligens, Wlk. Cat. xxxiii, p. 1019. 



Brownish grey. Fore wing slightly suffused with purple and 

 irrorated with black; indistinct waved subbasal and antemedial 

 lines ; a small fuscous reniform spot, often obsolete ; the post- 

 medial line angled below costa, then indistinct and crenulate, with 

 a series of black specks on the nervules ; a slightly sinuous 

 indistinct or prominent brown submarginal line ; an almost mar- 

 ginal series of minute specks ; some grey on cilia and margin. 

 Hind wing with indistinct antemedial line ; some fuscous post- 

 medial suffusion and a series of small white lunules with fer- 

 ruginous suffusion beyond them towards inner margin ; some grey 

 on margin and cilia and fuscous marks towards anal angle. 



Larva with the 1st pair of abdominal prolegs aborted and two 

 dorsal humps on anal somite ; brownish ochreous above, olive 

 beneath ; some dorsal and lateral black-speckled streaks ; a sub- 

 lateral whitish line with some pinkish spots above it. 



Hab. Throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma ; Singapore ; Java. 

 Exp. 38-52 millim. 



2488. Ophiusa rigidistria, Guen. Noct. iii, p. 240; C. $ S. no. 2619. 

 Naxia calefaciens, Wlk. Cat. xiv, p. 1405 ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, 



pi. 168, fig. 3; C. 4- 5. no. 2633. 



Bronze-brown. Fore wing with a white speck in the cell ; an 

 erect straight medial whitish band with a dark line on its outer 

 edge ; an indistinct dark waved submarginal line ; a marginal 

 series of black specks. Abdomen and hind wing dark fuscous ; 

 the latter with traces of medial and submarginal pale lines ; a 

 marginal series of black specks. Underside with two waved post- 

 medial lines to each wing. 



Hab. Sylhet ; B/angoon ; Ceylon. Evp. 56 millim. 



2489. Ophiusa certior, Wlk. Cat. xiv, p. 1381 ; C. $ S. no. 2615. 



Differs from rigidistria in the antemedial line of the fore wing 

 being more waved and oblique; no white speck in the cell or 

 medial whitish band ; a small reniform with dark outline ; the 

 straight line postmedial, and the dentate line beyond it arising 

 from the apex. Hind wing with the medial whitish band more 

 prominent ; outer margin and cilia of both wings brown. Under- 

 side uniform pale brown. 



Hab. Moulmein. Exp. 70 millim. 



2490. Ophiusa dotata, Fair. Ent. Syst. iii, 2, p. 55 ; C.Sf S. no. 2596. 



Differs from certior in having the ante- and postmedial lines of 

 fore wing very oblique, the former not waved, the latter very 

 slightly ; the reniform broken up into two spots ; a prominent 

 marginal grey band with a waved line on it. Hind wing with 



