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rather short. Wings ample, whitish, clouded with fawn-colour, 



transversely streaked with a deeper hue; lines deep fawn-colour, 



partly black, not well-defined ; under side hardly differing from the 



upper surface. Fore wings with a broad white exterior band, which 



interrupts the li^es. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 26 



lines. 



a. North China. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 



Genus 19. OPHTHALMODES. 



Corpus sat robustum. Frons non prominens. Proboscis 

 valida. Palpi robusti, contigui ; articulus 2us latus, valde eom- 

 pressus ; 3us distinctus, brevissimus. Abdomen laeve. Ala? spissae, 

 lata?, nebulosae, dentatae, trilineatas. Mas. — Antennae late pecti- 

 natae. Fcem. — Antennae pectinatae. 



Ophthalmodes, Guen. PhaL i. 283. 



Body rather stout. Front not prominent. Proboscis robust. 

 Palpi stout, conniving ; second joint broad, much compressed ; 

 third distinct, but very short. Abdomen smooth. Wings stout, 

 broad, dentate, clouded, with three distinct lines. Male. — Antennae 

 broadly pectinated. Female. — Antennae moderately pectinated. 

 Abdomen cylindric-conical. 



1. Ophthalmodes herbidaria. 



Var.? Mas et fcem. Olivaceo-cinerea, sat rohusta ; antenna; maris 

 late pectinata? ; abdomen e maculis trigonis fuscis bivittatum ; 

 tibice posticce subincrassatce ; aim ampla?, lineis tribus niyri- 

 cantibus denticulatis undulatis optime determinatis, litura 

 discali cinerea tridentata nigricante-maryinata, macula magna 

 discali fasciaque lata submarginali subtus nigricantibus. 



Ophthalmodes herbidaria, Guen. PhaL i. 283, 453. 



Hindostan. 



Var.P Male and female. Cinereous, rather stout, tinged with 

 olive-green. Antennae of the male broadly pectinated, except at the 

 tips. Abdomen with two rows of triangular brown spots. Hind 

 tibiae slightly incrassated. Wings ample; interior, exterior and 

 submarginal lines blackish, denticulated, undulating, very distinct, 

 as are also the marginal dots and the discal mark, which has 



