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OPHTHALMIS. Bv Dr. K. Jordan 



not reaching the anal spot. Forewing below with black submarginal band, and hindwing without black 

 marginal band. — Gorea; Central and West China; in July. 



albifascia. i. albifascia Walk. (If). Antenna of cf distinctly though feebly clubbed, fine hairs short. Fore- 



wing above without brown-red spots; distally from reniform spot a white patch; submarginal line zigzag. 

 Hindwing with an anteriorly very broad black marginal band. Below, the forewing yellow at base. — 

 India; Andamans; according to Ha.mpson also in North China. 



S. Genus: Ophthalmia Hbn. 



Frontal process simply convex , the ring not sharp. Antenna setiform , in the c? c? of some species 

 very faintly clubbed, the fine hair about, as long as in Zalissa albifascia Walk. Abdomen and tibiae not 

 shaggy, 3. palpal segment short in the single Palaearctic species, but mostly long in the Indo -Australian 

 species. 2. subcostal of forewing from the areole; 1. median from the angle of cell. — Oriental Region, 

 northward to China. 



O. funebris Moore. Body yellow below, abdomen ringed with yellow above, legs white-spotted. 

 Forewing above reddish brown or black , spotted with white : hindwing black , with broad white band 

 proximally of centre and a row of small white spots on disc. Underside black, marked with white. 2 geo- 

 vithoroides. graphical races: North India and China. - - The Chinese subspecies, vithoroides Leech (If), has a black 

 forewing with larger spots; band of hindwing interrupted by a black transverse line situated in the cell. 

 Central and West China. 



Alphabetical List 



of the Palaearetic Agaristidae, with references to the original descriptions. 

 * denotes that the form is also figured in the place quoted. 



albifascia Zal. Wlk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. p. 771. 

 adulatrix Epist. Koll. Htig. Kaschmir IV. (2). p. 464.* 

 amatrix Scrob. Westw. Cab. Or. Ent. p. 68. 

 austeni Chel. Moore, Desc. Ind. Lep. Atkins, p. 11. 

 beatrix Epist. Jord. Seitz, Macrol. I, Bd. 3, p. 6.* 

 bieti Syf. Oberth. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) V. p. CCXXVIII. 

 chinensis Scrob. Jord. Seitz, Macrol. I. Vol. 3. p. 6.* 

 dejeani Syf. Oberth. Et. d'Ent. XVIII. p. 19.* 

 dubernardi Syf. Oberth. Et. d'Ent. XK. p. 21.* 

 flavida Zal. Leech, Entomol. XXIII. p. 110. 

 giraudeaui Syf. Oberth.. Et. d'Ent. XVIU. 19.* 



japona Chel. Motsch. Et. Ent. IX. p. 29. 



lectrix Epist. L. Mus. Ulr. p. 389. 



mandarina Zal. Leech, Entomol. XXIII. p. 110. 



noctuina Aster.. Btlr. Ent. Month. Mag. XIV. p. 206. 



oberthueri Syf. Alpher. Rom. Mem. Lep. IX. p. 126.* 



persimilis Mim. Btlr. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) XV. p. 397. 



subalba Zal. Leech, Entomol XXIII. p. 110. 



subflava Zal. Moore, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) XX. p. 85. 



venusta Zal. Leech, Proc. Zool. Soc. L. 1888. p. 614.* 



vithoroides Ophth. Leech, Entomol. XXIII. p. 110. 



