LEPIDOPTERA HETEROOERA. 947 



Fam. OMMATOPHORIDiE, C. L. H, xiv. 1291. 



Genus NYCTIPAO, C. L. H. xiv. 1303. 



Nyctipao dentifascia. 



Foem. Nigricante-fusca ; alee linea media nigra undu lata, fascia 

 exteriore dentata lineaque adhuc exteriore undulata interrupta 

 atro marginata albis ; antica annulo maximo atro reni- 

 formem angustam atro marginatam includente. 



Female. Blackish brown. Wings with an undulating black 

 middle line, and with an exterior oblique white band, which is 

 dentate on the outer side, near which there is an incomplete 

 undulating white line ; the latter is bordered with deep black ; ex- 

 terior border dentate. Fore wings with a very large imperfect 

 ocellus, which is formed by a deep black incomplete ringlet round 

 the reniform mark; the latter is bordered with deep black, and is 

 narrow and curved in front. Length of the body 14 lines ; of the 

 wings 52 lines. 



a. North Australia. Presented by J. R. Elsey, Esq. 



Geuns OMMATOPHORA, C. L. H. xiv. 1313. 



Ommatophora albifascia, 



Foem. Fusca ; thorax fasciis duabus obscurioribus ; alee antic ce 

 lineis sex dentatis obscurioribus, 5a 6aque cyaneo marginatis, 

 macula discali cyanea, ocello subglauco punctum albidum 

 includente atro ochraceoque marginato, plaga antica lineolam 

 nigricantem angulosam includente fasciaque lata submarginali 

 albis; posticce fascia lata plagaque exteriore interlineata 

 albis. 



Female. Brown, brownish cinereous beneath. Palpi smooth, 

 slightly curved, rising much higher than the vertex ; third *joint 

 subclavate, blackish towards the tip, a little shorter and much more 

 slender than the second. Thorax with two dark brown bands. 

 Fore wings with six dark brown dentate lines; first, second, third 

 and fourth lines between the base and the orbicular mark ; fifth 

 and sixth bordered with pale blue, interrupting the reniform mark, 

 which has a pale blue spot between it and the large ocellus, which 

 is slightly glaucous, contains a whitish point on its outer side, and 

 has a double deep black border ; the latter is irregularly bordered 

 with uchraceous; a white patch in front of the ocellus, containing 



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