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tinged and irrorated with dark brown ; the antemedial Hne obUque 

 black, bent inwards to costa and excurved above inner margin; 

 obicular represented by a brownish point ; reniform small figure-of- 

 eight-shaped defined by brown and with brown points at centres ; 

 the postmedial line arising from a black spot on costa then waved,' 

 excurved from below costa to vein 4, then shghtly incurved ; a pale 

 subterminal hne angled outwards above veins 6 and 4 and bent out- 

 wards to tornus, with black suffusion on its inner side towards costa, 

 in the angles and on inner margin ; a dark waved terminal line. 

 Hmdwing with the basal half pale yellowish extending on inner 

 area to tornus ; the terminal half fuscous brown with series of small 

 whitish spots on termen and larger spot towards tornus. Under side 

 yellowish white with fuscous brown terminal band, narrowing to 

 tornus of each wing and with terminal series of dentate marks on 

 forewing, lunulate marks on hindwing. 



Hah. Damaraland. Exjj. 52 mill. Type in B.M. 



c. Hindwing of male normal. 



a\ Forewing with the postmedial line angled inwards in 



discal and submedian folds finifaseia. 



b\ Porewmg with the postmedial line angled inwards in 



submedian fold ^^^^^ 



c\ Forewmg with the postmedial line obKque throughout . . xylina ( ? ). 



(26) Ophiusa finifascia, Wlk. xv. 1676 (1858). 

 Anna amplia, Wlk. xv. 1789 (1858). 

 Ophiusa dilecta, Wlk. xxxiii. 976 (1865). 



Hah. West Africa, Sierra Leone, Old Calabar; Natal (Guein- 

 zius). Exp. ^ 46, ? 52 mill. 



(27) Ophiusa salita, Dist. A.M.N.H. (7) i. p. 228 (1898). 

 Hab. Transvaal, Johannesburg (Eoss). Exp. 50 mill. 



(28) Ophius xylina, Dist. A.M.N.H. (7) i. p. 229 (1898). 



Hah. Transvaal, Pretoria; Cape Colony, Transkei (Miss F. 

 Barrett). Exp. 64 mill. 



B. Fore femora of male not dilated. 



(29) Ophiusa selenaris, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 232 (1852). 



obharens, Wlk. xv. 1830 (1858). 

 Pseudophia loelwitschi, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 115, f. 2 (1874). 

 Hah. West Africa, Old Calabar ; Cape Colony (Dr. Smith), 

 Knysna, Transkei (Miss P. Barrett). Exp. 48 mill. 



