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NOCTCXD.E. 



E. Hind wing of mule on underside normal ; mid tibitc dilated with a groove 

 containing a Iringe of large scales, tbe mid tarsi dilated towards extremity. 



7584. Anua nocturnia. 



Ophiusa noctm-ma, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 338 (1902). 



Head and thorax dull reddish biown ; palpi, pectus, legs, and 

 abdomen dark greyish brown. Eore wing red-brown, the terminal 

 area greyish brown ; subbasal line brown faintly defined on outer 

 side by ochreous, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial 

 line indistinct, broWn faintly defined by whitish scales, slightly 

 angled outwards below costa and inwards on median nervure, then 

 oblique, sinuous ; a minute black point in middle of cell and small 

 pale diseoidal lunule faintly defined by blackish ; an indistinct 



Fig. 106. — Anna nocticrnia, (^ . { . 



oblique minutely waved daxk medial line faintly defined by whitish 

 scales from costa to below end of cell, where it is met by a similar 

 line from costa just beyond the cell, excurved at discal fold; 

 postmedial line indistinct, dark, dentate, faintly defined by whitish 

 scales on costal half, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some whitish 

 points beyond it on costa ; a conical rufous patch on costal area 

 before the subterminal line which is only defined by the contrast 

 between the red and grey-brown areas, excurved below vein 7 

 and at middle ; a series of blackish points just before termen. 

 Hind wing grey-brown, the cilia brownish white ; the underside 

 paler with curved postmedial line and indistinct diffused subterminal 

 line. 



