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OPHISMA; PINDAR A; OPHIUSA. By W. Warren. 



gravala. 



19. Genus: Ophisina Gaen. 



Tongue well developed: frons smooth, with a tuft above; palpi upturned, stout, the second segment 

 thickly but smoothly scaled, the third short: antennae of cf simple, hardly pubescent: thorax and abdomen 

 smooth, without crests: tibiae in ^ heavily fringed with hair; the mid tibiae spined; forewing with costa 

 slightly shouldered near base in d 71 , the apex shortly produced and acute: termen more or less sinuate; hindwing 

 with a slight bend in termen at vein 2. Type 0. gravata (hten. 



Sect. II: Mid tibiae not dilated, without a groove or fringe of hair; the first segment of 

 hind tarsi simple. 



0. gravata Guen. Forewing grey brown sparsely black-speckled, with a slight fulvous tint along the 

 two folds; markings slight and obscure; a straight dark outwardly pale edged line before middle of wing; 

 outer line sinuate, cloudy, often marked by black vein dots; a faint pale subterminal line; termen darker 

 except at apex: a row of black submarginal dots: fringe coucolorous, with the tips white; hindwing dull 

 greyish yellow in basal half, fawn grey in terminal, containing a wide black submarginal band with straight 

 inner edge and broadening towards apex. Occurs from India to Australia; recorded also from China. 



20. Genus: Pindara Mo 



ore. 



Tongue well developed; frons smooth, with some rough hair above; palpi upturned, the second segment 

 thickly scaled, the third porrect, slender and smooth, longer in ? than in cT; antennae of c? simple; tibiae of 

 <? heavily fringed with hair; forewing elongate triangular, the costa straight, depressed at apex, the termen 

 oblique, nearly straight; hindwing with termen bent at end of vein 2; forewing with a dark brown costo- 

 apical patch; lines or bands rufous, the antemedian oblique outwards, the postmedian lunulate dentate; hindwing 

 with a faint pale central band. Type P. illibata F. 



illibata. P. illibata F. (= peropaca Hbn., laetabilis Guen.) ((51 c). Forewing pale olive brown with a lilac tinge 



when fresh; lines rufous ochreous with a darker central thread; the inner line oblique outwards to middle of 

 inner margin, slightly kinked on subcostal and median veins; median and outer lines lunulate dentate, sinuous, and 

 near together; subterminal similar, but generally obscure; orbicular stigma a white dot; reniform large with 

 dark central lunule and broad pale outline; a large deep chocolate brown semioval costal blotch touching 

 apex, edged below with whitish; extreme termen and fringe lilac grey, hindwing olive fuscous, traversed at 

 middle from costa to above anal angle by an obscure narrow lilac grey band; termen and fringe lilac grey; 



colorata. an aberration occurs — ab. colorata ab. nov. — in which the rufous ochreous tints are more developed along 

 the lines and form a large pale area at costa before the dark apical blotch. Widely spread, occurring from 

 India to Australia, and recorded from China. 



21. Genus: Opliiusa Ochs. 



Tongue present: frons smooth, tufted at top; palpi upturned, stout, smoothly scaled, the terminal 

 segment longer in ? than in cf; thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled: tibiae in cf fringed with long hair; 

 the mid tibiae spined: antennae of cf simply ciliated; forewing with apex prominent, the termen smooth. 

 Larva slender, attenuated in front; the first pair of prolegs aborted; feeding on trees and shrubs; pupating in 

 a cocoon among leaves and rubbish on the surface of the ground. Type 0. algira /,. 



maturala. 0. maturata Walk. ( = falcata Moore) (61b). Forewing grey brown tinged with violaceous, which tint 



is strongest before the straight median line; basal area slightly tinged with olive brown; space between median 

 and outer lines deep olive brown: inner line almost straight, slightly oblique outwards, brown finely edged on 

 each side with pale; outer line angled outwards at vein 6, then incurved, but bent outwards again at inner 

 margin, finely edged with pale and then with olive; a straight dark streak from apex, preceded by olive 

 fuscous shading, meets the angle of outer line; subterminal line deeply dentate beyond a reddish brown 

 suffusion, the teeth marked with whitish on the veins; a fine brown terminal festoon; orbicular stigma a 

 small yellow spot: hindwing olive fuscous, with the' basal area paler and the termen and fringe purplish grey. 

 Occurs in China and Japan: also in Formosa: otherwise an Indian species extending to the Malay peninsula. 



curvata. 0. curvata Leech ( = algira ab. curvata Leech) (61b). Intermediate between algira and arciiata; nearly 



as large as the latter; inner line curved, but more gradually and less strongly; the median line not so gradually 

 curved, but slightly bent on submedian told; the outer line produced to a prominent blunt angle on vein 0, 



