568 NOCTTJID^. 



Hah. Bombay (SwinTioe), 1 c? , 1 $ tj^pe, Kxitch, 1 $ ; Cett,ok 

 (MacJavood), 1 § , Trincomali {Yerhury), 1 d" . Exp. 42-46 millim. 



7706. Parallelia proxima. (Plate CCXX. fig. 4.) 



Ophiusa proxima, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 339 (1902). 



Head and thorax purple-grey tinged with red-brown ; pectus, 

 legs, and abdomen purple-grey, the tarsi ringed with white. Fore 

 wing purple-grey suflf'used with cupreous red-brown, the inner 

 part of medial area and terminal area except at apex greyer; 

 anteraedial line double, red-brown, the inner line indistinct and 

 sinuous; a dark discoidal striga ; medial line brown, waved, 

 excurved beyond the cell, then incurved ; postmedial Hue red- 

 brown, oblique and defined on outer side by whitish to vein 6, 

 then incurved, sinuous and slightly defined on outer side by grey, 

 a conical purplish grey patch beyond it on costal area with some 

 pale points on costa, defined by an oblique cupreous brown shade 

 from apex ; a series of black points before termen. Hind wing 

 purplish grey suffused with brown ; a faint pale subterminal line 

 from vein 2 to tornus ; the termen greyer at middle ; a fine waved 

 dark terminal line; the underside purplish grey tinged with brown, 

 a curved waved dark postmedial line and traces of a waved 

 subterminal line. 



Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and fore wing purple-grey suffused with 

 dark brown. 



Hab. Congo, Katanga, Kambove (Neave), 1 o ', N.E. Rhodesia, 

 Mananga 11. (JVeave), 1 c? , Luangwa Valley (JVeave), 2 J , 

 Niamadzi 11. (Neave), 1 $ ; Br. C. Africa, Chiromo (Neave), 1 $ , 

 Lr. Shire Valley {Neave), 1 2 ; Katal, Durban [GoocJi, Clarh), 

 2 2 type. Ex2>. 44-48 millim. 



7707. Parallelia pudica. (Plate CCXX. fig. 5.) 



OpMsma piidica, Moschl. Abk. Senck. Ges. xv. p. 85, f. 12 (1888). 

 Ophiusa orfhcBcc, Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) x. p. 44 (1890). 



Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown. Fore wing pale red- 

 brown with a greyish tinge, the basal area slightly darker ; ante- 

 medial line red-brown defined on outer side by whitish, erect, 

 straight; two dark discoidal points; medial line indistinct, dark, 

 excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; postmedial line led-brown 

 slightly defined on outer side by whitish, very oblique to vein 6 

 and incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa, 

 and in male a semi-elliptical whitish costal patch tinged with 

 brown ; a faint oblique brown streak from apex to the angle of 

 postmedial line; traces of a pale waved subterminal line from 

 vein 6 to inner margin, incurved at submedian fold ; a series of 

 slight dark points before termen and fine pale line at base of cilia. 

 Hind wing reddish brown ; a curved whitish postmedial line from 



