LEPIDOPTEKA HETEROCERA. 955 



towards the exterior border. Length of the body 10 lines; of the 

 wings 22 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Ophisma indeterminata. 



Foam. Subcervino-cinerea ; palpi verticem superantes, articulo 

 So lanceolato pubescente ; alee anticce purpurascente tinctce, 

 lineis duabus pallide cinereis, la inlus arcuata, 2% extus 

 angulata, spatio marginali cano, linea submarginali cinerea 

 angulosa indistincta, punctis marginalibus nigris, reniformi e 

 punctis duobus nigris ; posticce ceneo-cinerea, fascia marginali 

 latissima fusca. 



Female. Cinereous, slightly tinged with fawn-colour. Palpi 

 erect, rising higher than the vertex ; third joint lanceolate, pubes- 

 cent, nearly half the length of the second. Fore wings acute, 

 hardly subfalcate, with a purplish tinge; interior and exterior lines 

 pale cinereous, nearly upright, the first hardly curved inward, the 

 second angular outward in front ; submarginal line cinereous, 

 zigzag, indistinct; submarginal points black, minute ; re ui form 

 mark composed of two black points, one behind the other; marginal 

 space slightly hoary. Hind wings aeneous-cinereous, with a very 

 broad submarginal brown band, which extends to the border in 

 front, the latter hoary hind ward. Length of the body 10 lines ; of 

 the wings 22 lines. 



South Africa. In Mr. D'Urban's collection. 



Ophisma sordida. 



Foem. Murina ; palpi verticem paullo superantes, articulo So 

 lanceolato ; alee lineis quatuor nigricantibus denticulatis 

 diffusis indistinctis, punctis marginalibus nigris, reniformi 

 nigricante perangusta ; posticce litura discali subtus nigri- 

 cante. 



Female. Mouse-colour. Palpi erect, rising a little higher 

 than the vertex ; third joint lanceolate, about one-third of the 

 length of the second. Wings with four diffuse indistinct denticu- 

 lated blackish lines; marginal points black, minute. Fore wings 

 acute, subfalcate; reuiform mark blackish, very narrow. Hind 

 wings with a blackish discal mark beneath. Length of the body 

 10 lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 



South Africa. In Mr. DUrban's collection. 



