noctuid;e. — oPHiusA. 125 



Sp. 1. anomalata. Alis anticis cinereo fuscescentibus nigra subnehuhsis, stig- 

 matibus ordinariis pallidis divaricatis ; posticis pallidis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 

 4-6 lin.) 



Phy. anomalata. Haworth.—St. anomalata. Steph. Catal. pt. ii. p. 110. No. 

 0415. 



Head and thorax deep lead-coloured fuscous; anterior wings of a glossy ashy- 

 brown, the costa darkest, with two rather obscure fuscous strigse, between 

 which the stigmata are placed ; the latter are rather distinct, and divaricate, 

 the anterior one is considerably elongated and the posterior somewhat lunular ; 

 both have the disc pale fuscescent, with pale cinereous margins ; towards the 

 hinder margin is an obscure pale undulated striga, having one or two in- 

 distinct dusky streaks near its origin on the costa ; cilia fuscous : posterior 

 wings pale luteous-white or ochraceous. The female has the anterior wings 

 nearly of a plain fuscous, with the strigse and stigmata obscure ; the posterior 

 whitish dusted throughout, with fuscous. 



Not common, but at times occurring in some plenty in Hants 

 in the autumn. " Devonshire." — Rev. J. Yonge and Dr. Leacli. 

 " In the New Forest."— ill^s^r*. Chant, Bentley, and Weaver. 



Genus CLVI. — Ophiusa, Ochsenlieimer. 



Palpi stout, approximating, shghtly recurved, the terminal joint not much ex- 

 posed, obtuse ; the two basal joints covered with long compact scales anteriorly ; 

 the first one-third the length of the second, reniform ; the second a little 

 curved at its base, and slightly clavate ; the terminal stout, rather slender, 

 subulated : maxillcB moderate. Antennw rather long, simple, very faintly pec- 

 tinated in the males: head rather broad, shghtly crested between the an- 

 tennae ; eyes naked ; thorax not very robust, smooth : icings entire, forming a 

 triangle during repose; anterior broad, subtriangular, with obscure stigmata; 

 acute at the apex ; posterior rounded, with a slight emargination on the hinder 

 margin ; cilia of all elongated : abdoinen hairy, slender, with a rather large 

 tuft at the apex in the males ; legs moderate ; posterior tibiae rather stout, 

 with long spurs. Larva with twelve legs, naked, slender, somewhat geometric 

 in motion ; pupa folliculated. 



Ophiusa differs from Catephia in having the terminal joint of 

 the palpi scarcely visible before they are denuded, and in having 

 the palpi themselves subparallel, and not connivent as in the latter 

 genus ; the thorax is not crested, and the abdomen is destitute of 

 dorsal tufts on its posterior segments: the species fly chiefly by 

 night, but occasionally in the day, revelling in the solar rays. 



Sp. 1. lusoria. Alis anticis glaucis fusco pulim-ulentis, in medio liturd nigrd. 



