382 PYBALIDvE. 



Genus OMPHISA. 

 Omphisa, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 317 (1886). 



Type, 0. anastomosalis, Guen. 



Range. China ; Indian, Ceylonese, and Malayan subregions to 

 Duke of York Island. 



Palpi porrect and straight, the 2nd joint fringed with hair 

 below, the 3rd prominent ; maxillary palpi large ; frons rounded ; 

 antennae of male moderately ciliated ; patagia clothed with large 

 scales ; tibi with the outer spurs about half the length of the 

 inner, the mid tibiae clothed on the outer side with spinous hair ; 

 abdomen with large lateral tufts on the last five segments. Fore 

 wing with the costa arched towards apex which is acute ; the 

 outer margin excurved at middle; veins 3 and 5 from close to 

 angle of cell. Hind wing with the costa slightly excised beyond 

 the middle; the apex somewhat produced; the outer margin 

 excurved at middle; the inner margin short; veins 4 and 5 

 approximated for a short distance; 6, 7 from upper angle, 7 

 touching 8, but usually not anastomosing with it. 



5096. Omphisa anastomosalis, Guen. Delt. $ Pyr. p. 373. 



Botys illisalis, Wlk. Cat. xviii, p. 653; Moore, Lep. Ceyl iii, 

 pi. 183, fig. 4 ; C. % S. no. 4107. 



White ; the head, thorax, and abdomen suffused with ochreous 

 and rufous, leaving some paired pale spots on dorsum. Fore wing 

 with rufous suffusion on basal area extending below median 



nervure to middle of wing ; 

 hyaline patches at middle and 

 end of cell, with a rufous-edged 

 ochreous spot between them; 

 a large rufous-edged ochreous 

 patch beyond the cell ; the 

 outer area more or less irro- 

 Fig. 207. rated and suffused with rufous ; 



Omphisa anastomosalis, J. j.. the veins rufous ; a curved post- 

 medial rufous line with an ir- 

 regularly dentate line beyond it enclosing a series of hyaline 

 patches ; a marginal rufous line. Hind wing with the base rufous ; 

 a dark-edged rufous irregular discocellular mark with line from 

 it to inner margin ; the outer area irrorated with rufous ; two 

 irregularly waved rufous postmedial lines ; the apex, anal angle, 

 and a marginal line rufous. 



Hob. China ; Sikhim ; Khdsis ; Nilgiris ; Ceylon ; Burma ; 

 Andamans ; Java ; Duke of York Island. Exp. 32-36 millim. 



5097. Omphisa repetitalis, Snett. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 621, 



pi. 19, tigs. 6, 6 a. 



c? . Differs from anastomosalis in the cilia of both wings being 

 streaked with fuscous at veins 3, 4 only ; hind wing with apical 

 black patch suffused with leaden grey from costa to vein 4, 



