544 NOCITJID^. 



*7677. Ophisma basigutta. 



Ophisma basigutta, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 116. f. 12 (1874). 



S . Head and thorax red-brown ; abdomen grcyisli brown ; 

 palpi, pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen dark brown 

 irrorated with grey. Fore wing deep red-brown with a faint 

 grej'ish tinge except on postmedial area ; a small tuft of white 

 scales at base ; a faint pale almost erect antemedial line ; an 

 inwardly oblique pale medial line defined on inner side by a narrow 

 dark brown band ; blackish points at angles of cell ; postmedial 

 line very indistinct, dark, slightly defined on each side by rufous ; 

 oblique towards costa, slightly angled inwards below vein 7, then 

 incurved, excurved between vein 3 and submedian fold to just 

 before subterminal line, then curved inwards and upwards to lower 

 angle of cell and erect and slightly sinuous to inner margin, some 

 white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line pale slightly 

 defined on each side by fuscous, waved towards costa, incurved 

 below vein 7 and waved at middle ; some white suffusion at apex ; 

 a series of black points before termen defined by white towards 

 apex ; a fine black terminal line. Hind wing fuscous brown, the 

 terminal area ochreous brown ; a curved blackish postmedial line ; 

 a blackish subterminal band with slightly waved edges narrowing 

 towards tornus ; traces of a crenulate blackish terminal line 

 reduced to points towards apex ; cilia dark brown on inner half. 

 Underside of fore wing fuscous, the costal area irrorated with grey, 

 a slightly waved black postmedial line defined on inner side by 

 ochreous and followed by a blackish band, the terminal area 

 ochreous brown ; hind wing fuscous irrorated with grey, a curved 

 crenulate black postmedial line defined on inner side by small 

 ochreous spots, a faint subterminal line incurved below costa and 

 waved at middle, the terminal area ochreous brown to vein 4 with 

 traces of a crenulate line before termen with slight whitish spots 

 beyond it towards apex. 



Hah. Fk. Guiana ; Peru, Carabaya, Oconeque (Ockenden), in Coll, 

 Druce. Kvj). 60 millim. 



7678. Ophisma tropicalis. 



Ophisma t'/opicalis, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 238 (1852) ; Feld. Reis. Nov. 



pi. 116. f. 14. 

 Ophisma crocimaciola, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 239 (1852). 

 OjMsma detrahens, Wit. xiv. 1368 (1858). 

 Ophisma luieiplaga, Wlk. xiv. 1369 (1858). 

 Ophisma confundens, Wlk. xiv. 1372 (1858). 

 O'phisma stigmatifera, Wlk. xiv. 1387 (1858). 

 Ophisma fugiens^yVlk. xiv. 1387 (1858). 

 Ophisma morbillosa, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 116. f. 15 (1874). 



(detraJiens). Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous. Fore 

 wing pale rufous, the basal area slightly darker, a small tuft 

 of white scales below base of cell ; the 1st line almost medial, 

 rufous slightly defined on outer side by whitish, straight 



