OPHTHALMIS. DIAMUNA. 651 



*:205. Ophthalmis basalis. 



Ophthalmis hasalis, Eoths. Nov. Zool. iii. p. 50, pi. 14. f. 25 (1896). 



5. Black; palpi with some white at sides; frontal prominence 

 and lateral points above it white ; tegulae with orange patches ; 

 thorax with some white hair ; coxge orange ; abdomen with ventral 

 orange bands and the last two segments orange. Fore wing with 

 medial white spot in cell and bar in submedian interspace ; quad- 

 rate spots in end of cell and below base of vein 2 ; a curved series 

 of six postmedial spots, the spot above vein 5 further from termen ; 

 cilia white at apex ; incomplete oblique subbasal and antemedial 

 metallic blue lines, some scales below medial part of costa, a bar in 

 cell beyond middle and spot below it, a discoidal bar, the veins of 

 terminal area streaked with blue. Hind wing with the basal area 

 white to near end of cell and on inner area to well beyond middle ; 

 slight black marks at base ; a series of six small elongate white 

 spots beyond the cell ; some blue on discocellulars and on veins of 

 terminal area ; cilia white-tipped except at middle ; the underside 

 with the costal area black to base ; a small black spot below vein 2 

 near the base. 



Hah. SrLA Is., Mangola {Platen), type f $ in Coll. Eothschild. 

 Exp. 70 millim. 



Genus DIAMUNA. 



Type. 



Barceta, Herr.-Schaff. Aussereur. Schmett. p. 13 (1850), non 



descr. .. hesperina. 



Diamuna, Wlk. xii. 960 (1857) severa. 



cutis, Wlk. xii. 9t>l (1857) proserpina. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi oblique, roughly sealed, the 3rd joint short ; 

 frons with truncate conical prominence with raised rira at extremity ; antennas 

 nearly simple, slightly dilated towards extremity; tibiae fringed with long hair ; 

 abdomen with dorsal crest on basal segment ; claspers of male large. Fore 

 wing with the apex somewhat falcate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 



6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the short areole, 



7 from or from beyond the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 2 from 

 well before angle of cell ; 3, 4 from angle ; 5 obsolescent from middle of 

 discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle. 



Sect. I. Fore wing of male with the costa very strongly lobed and curled over 

 above at middle, and with a depressed elliptical patch of ribbed 

 membrane below it ; the apical area vei'y truncate, and the veins very 

 strongly downcurved ; hind wing with a fringe of long hair on inner 

 area on upperside. 



206. Diamuna falcata. 



Hecatesia falcata, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 35, pi. 5. ff. 23, 24 

 (1883) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 12. 



S . Deep red-brown ; head, thorax, and fore legs with some 

 white hairs ; pectus, and mid and hind femora and tibiae orange ; 

 abdomen orange, with the dorsal crest at base rufous. Fore wing 

 irrorated with a few blue- white scales forming slight streaks on 



