PARALLEMA. 579 



snbmedian fold ; antemedial line dark brown defined on outer side 

 by -whitish, excurved in submedian interspace, followed by a pale 

 grey band tinged with brown and constricted at middle ; medial 

 line dark brown, incurved, the area. beyond it deep chocolate-brown 

 to the postmedial line, which is dark brown defined on outer side by 

 grey, obliquely downcurved from costa to below vein 6 where it is 

 angled outwards, then obliquelj' incurved to inner margin near the 

 medial line, some whitish points beyond it on costa ; postmedial 

 area grey suffused with red-brown, the terminal area greyer ; an 

 oblique black-brown shade diffused on inner side and defined on 

 outer side by whitish from apex to vein 6 near the postmedial line, 

 excurved above vein 6 ; an indistinct pale dentate subterminal line 

 from vein 6 to inner margin, produced to white points on the veins ; 

 a fine brown terminal line with minute blackish points before it in 

 the interspaces and a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing 

 grej'-brown; a faint whitish shade from middle of costa to inner 

 margin towards tornus, and a grey shade from vein 3 to tornus ; 

 1 he termen tinged with grey except towards apex and tornus ; a 

 brown terminal line with minute black points at the interspaces 

 and a fine pale line at base of cilia ; the underside grey suffused 

 with brown, the termen greyer, two indistinct sinuous postmedial 

 lines. 



Bah. Japan, Kobe {Lewis), 1 S , Yokohama {Pryer), 1 d" , 2 $ ; 

 Loo-CHOo Is. (Pryer), 1 S ; Corea, Gensan (Ito), 2 J tvpe. Exj). 

 48-52 millim. 



7724. Parallelia arcuata. 



Ophiusa joviana, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 269 (nee Cram.). 



Ophiusa arcuata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 609; id. Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 176, 



pi. 171. i\ 3 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 499. 

 Ophiusa gimiei, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xxiii. p. 103 (1880). 



Head and thorax red-brown ; antennse with the shaft whitish in 

 front towards base ; tegulse slightly grey at tips and the patagia 

 with slight oblique grey line at middle ; pectus, legs, and abdomen 

 grey-brown, the last with small sublateral tufts of white scales on 

 medial segments. Fore wing with the basal area red-brown ; sub- 

 basal line brown defined on outer side by whitish, oblique, from 

 costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line dark brown defined on 

 outer side by whitish, oblique, excurved below the cell, followed by 

 a grey band tinged with red-brown, constricted at middle ; medial 

 line dark brown, incurved, the area beyond it chocolate-brown to 

 the postmedial line, which is dark brown defined on outer side by 

 grey, obliquely downcurved from costa to vein 6 where it is angled 

 outwards, then obliquely incurved, some white points beyond it on 

 costa ; terminal area greyish suffused with red-brown ; an oblique 

 black-brown shade diffused on inner side from apex to vein 6 near 

 the postmedial line, its outer edge incurved at vein 7 and 

 excurved and defined by whitish above vein 6 ; an indistinct 



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