OPHIUSIN^:. 141 



1976. Ophiusa maturescens. 



Ophisma maturescens. Walker : xiv. 1382 (1858). 



Moore : P. Z. S., Lond., 1867, p. 74. 

 - C.andS.: Cat. Moths of India, iii. 401. 2618 (1888) 

 Ophiusa maturescens. Hmn.: Faun. Brit. Ind. Moths, ii. p. 499 (1894). 

 Swinhoe : Trans. Ent. Soc., Lond., 1895, p. 63. 



Type. Silhet, in B. M. 



a. Khasia Hills (3) (Hamilton). 



1977. Ophiusa maturata. 



Ophisma maturate. Walker: xiv. 1382 (1858). 



C. and S. : Cat. Moths of India, iii. 401. 2617 (1888). 

 Hmn. : 111. Typ. Lep. Het., B. M., viii. 20. 563 (1891). 

 Ophiusa maturata. Hampson : Faun. Brit. Ind. Moths, ii. p. 499 (1894). 

 Ophiusa falcata. Moore : Descr. Ind. Lep. Atk., p. 171, pi. 6, f. 14 (1882). 

 Cotes and Swinh. : 1. c., 409. 2668. 

 Leech : Trans. Ent. Soc., Lond., 1889, p. 139. 



Type. Penang, in B. M. 



Type (falcatd). Khasia Hills, in coll. Staudinger. 



a. N. China. 



1978. Ophiusa redunca. nov. 



<j Head, thorax, and fore-wings pinkish brown ; thorax with a pale 

 transverse line in front, another across the centre and a third across 

 the base ; fore-wing highly arched at one- 

 third from base, transverse lines brown 

 with pale edges, ist sub-basal short, 2nd 

 at one-third bent inwards above the middle, 

 3rd discal angled outwards below the costa 

 then inwardly curved, a white dot at end of 

 cell, a straight central space and the outer 

 marginal space paler than the rest of the 

 wing, a short black apical streak, a ductated 

 indistinct pale sub-marginal line, and mar- 

 ginal black points. Hind- wings blackish 

 grey the outer portion blackish, an indis- 

 tinct paler band in the centre, a pale short streak from the anal angle, 

 marginal border narrowly grey, cilia grey, an anticiliar double line. 



Expanse of wings 2 T ^j inches. 

 a. Brisbane (type). 



GENUS OPHISMA. Guen. : Noct., iii. p. 236 (1852). 

 Naxia. Guen. : 1. c., p. 254. 



1979. Ophisma gravata. 



Ophisma gravata. Guen. : 1. c., 237. 1648. 



Walker: xiv. 1379 (1858). 



Moore : P. Z. S., Lond., 1867, p. 74. 



C. and S. : Cat. Moths of India, iii. 401. 2616 (1888). 



