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2499. Ophiusa matures cens, wik. Cat. xiv, p. 1382 ; C. & S. no. 



2618. 



Dark red-brown. Eore wing with an erect antemedial line 

 with some violaceous suffusion beyond it ; a postmedial line very 

 highly angled at vein 6, where it is almost met by an oblique dark 

 streak from the apex with indented edge and with the area beyond 

 it paler, with traces of a dentate line on it ; three ochreous specks 

 on the costa before apex. Hind wing with the central part of 

 outer area paler. 



Hab. Sikhiin ; Sylhet. Exp. 52 millim. 



2500. Ophiusa arcuata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1877. p. 609 : id. Lep. Ceyl. 



iii, pi. 171, fig. 3 C.Sf S. no. 2(363. 



Differs from maturescens in having the antemedial line of the 

 fore wing sinuous ; a curved medial line beyond the violaceous band 

 meeting the .angled postmedial line at costa and inner margin ; the 

 outer edge of the oblique apical streak excised. 



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

 Exp. 48-54 millim. 



2501. Ophiusa maturata, JJ7&. Cat. xiv, p. 1382; C. $ S. no. 2617. 

 Ophiusa falcata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 171, pi. 6, tig. 14; C. 8f S. 



no. 2068. 



Differs from maturescens in the basal area of fore wing being 

 greyer ; the outer edge of the violaceous suffusion defined by a 

 straight line ; the apical streak straight. 



Bab. Khasis ; Calcutta ; Bombay ; Nilgiris ; Penang. Exp. 

 52 millim. 



2502. Ophiusa renalis, n. sp. 



Differs from maturescens in the head, thorax, and fore wing 

 being golden brown ; the antemedial line more oblique : a sinuous 

 medial line interrupted by a large reniform spot ; the postmedial 

 line not quite so much angled ; the apical streak straight. 



Hab. Sikhirn ; Bombay. Exp. 48 millim. Type in B. M. 



2503. Ophiusa joviana, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv, pi. 399 B ; Moore, Lep. 



Ceyl. iii, pi. 170, figs. 9, 9 a (larva) ; C. $ S. no. 2670. 

 Noctua sinuata, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii, p. 145. 

 Ophiusa myops, Guen. Noct. iii, p. 26o. 



Differs from arcuata in the basal area of the fore wing being 

 violaceous ; the antemedial line curved ; the postmedial line with a 

 siriuatiou between the angle and inner margin and with some 

 specks beyond it instead of the dentate line. 



Larva with the first two pairs of abdominal prolegs rudimentary ; 

 bluish grey above, yellowish beneath and sparsely spotted with 

 black ; a larger sublateral spot on 4th somite ; two red dorsal 

 tubercles on llth somite; head grey, spotted with black. Pupa 

 with white efflorescence. Food-plant, Phyllanthus. 



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