542 



NOCTTJID/l^. 



b^. Fore wing with incurved medial line. 



a}. Fore wing vcith the basal area pale red-brown, the 



rest of wing chocolate-brown iecta. 



P. Fore wing with the basal area deep red-brown, the 



rest of wing pale red-brown nohilis. 



c^. Fore wing without medial line. 



a2. Hind wing with the cilia dark brown fulvipuncta. 



b'^. Hind wing with the cilia fulvous pyrosticha. 



7674. Ophisma gravata. 



Ophisma gravata, Gnen. Noct. iii. p. 237 (1852) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. 

 p. 494. 



Head and thorax pale rufous ; antennae with the shaft white in 

 front towards base ; abdomen pale ochreous, the ventral surface 

 tinged with rufous towards extremity. Pore wing pale rufous, 

 irrorated with a few black scales ; an indistinct dark inwardly 

 oblique straight medial line ; postmedial line very indistinct, dark, 



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Fig. 127. — Ophisma gravata, (^ . 



slightly waved, oblique to vein 3, then erect; an indistinct slightly 

 waved dark subterminal line ; a series of minute black points 

 before termen ; cilia brown, white at tips except towards tornus. 

 Hind wing ochreous yellow, the inner and terminal areas tinged 

 with rufous ; a black subterminal band from below costa to sub- 

 median fold, its outer edge excurved at middle ; some minute black 

 points before middle of termen ; cilia white at tips on apical half. 

 Underside of fore wing ochreous, the costa and terminal area 

 tinged with brown, a blackish discoidal point and indistinct post- 

 medial and subterminal lines with a black patch between them 



