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aS. Forewing without large reniform stigma 



open and extending to costa limbata. 



&s. Forewing with large reniform stigma open and extend- 

 ing to costa. 

 a^. Forewing grey irrorated with dark 



brown limula. 



h^. Forewing reddish brown nocturnia. 



a-. Forewing with the antemedial line inwardly obligue proxivia. 



(1) Ophiusa ceoceipennis, Wlk. xiii. 1377 (1857). 



Hab. British East Africa, Kilima'njaro ; British Central Africi ; 

 Zomba ; Natal, Durban (Gueinzius, Bowker). Exj:). 56- 

 66 mill. 



(2) Ophiusa catella, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 247 (1852). 



Hab. West Africa, Congo ; Senegal ; Upper Egypt, White Nile ; 

 Erithrea, Massowah ; Abyssinia ; Sokotra; British East Africa ; 

 Mashonaland, Salisbury (Marshall) ; N'Gamiland (Lugard) ; 

 Natal, Gadzima (Marshall) ; Rodriguez ; Aden. Exj). 52- 

 62 mill. 



(3) Ophiusa mekcatoria, Fabr. Bnt. Syst. iii. p. 62 (1775). 



Hab. Portuguese East Africa, Pungwe Eiver (Marshall); Indian 

 Ceylon ; Java. Ex'p. 60 mill. 



(4) Ophiusa lienardi, Boisd. Faun. Ent. Mad. Lep. p. 102, pi. 15, 



f. 5 (1833). 



Achcea chamceleon, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 249 (1852). 

 „ spectatura, Wlk. xiv. 1393 (1858). 



Hab. West Africa, Sierra Leone, Ashanti, Nigeria, Congo ; 

 Upper Egypt, White Nile ; British East Africa ; Natal (Guein- 

 zius), Verulam (Trimen), Estcourt (Hutchinson), Durban 

 (Leigh); Cape Colony (Dr. Smith), Grahamstown. Exj). 

 50-64 mill. 



(5) Ophiusa echo, Wlk. xiv. 1374 (1858). 



Hab. West Africa, Sierra Leone ; Mashonaland, Umtali (Mar- 

 shall) ; Natal, Durban (Leigh). Exp. 66-72 mill. 



(6) Ophiusa illusteata, Wlk. xiv. 1392 (1857). 



Hab. West Africa, Sierra Leone ; Natal, Durban (Leigh). Exp. 

 68 mill. 



