956 CATALOGUE OF 



Ophisma LUNULIFERA. 



Foem. Pallide cinereo-cervina ; palpi verticem pyullo superantes, 

 arliculo So sublineari ; aim nigro subconspersa, lineis duabus 

 e lunulis punctisque nigris, linea submarginali cervina undu- 

 lata diffusa indistincta, punctis submarginalibus nigris; 

 anticcB linea submarginali costam versus albo conspersa, litura 

 discali magna cervina, gutta postica nigra. 



Female. Pale cinereous fawn-colour, somewhat dingy beneath. 

 Palpi rising a little higher than the vertex ; third joint almost 

 linear, rather shorter than the second. Wings thinly black-speckled ; 

 interior and exterior lines very incomplete, composed of black 

 lunules and points ; submarginal line fawn-colour, undulating, 

 diffuse, indistinct; submarginal points black. Fore wings hardly 

 subfalcate ; reniform mark large, transverse, fawn-coloured, full ; 

 submarginal line speckled with white towards the costa ; a black 

 dot near the tip of the interior border. Length of the body 10 

 lines; of the wings 24 lines. 



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



Ophisma circumferens. 



Foem. Cervina ; palpi arliculo So lanceolato ; alee anticeis fusco 

 lineata?, lineis ante media et post media apud costam remotis 

 postice connexis marginem inleriorem non atting en lib us, fascia 

 exteriore fusca diffusa, linea submarginali recta obliqua; 

 poslicce sordide teslacece, fuscia submarginali fusca lata 

 diffusa. 



Female. Fawn-colour. Abdomen and under side testaceous. 

 Third joint of the palpi straight, lanceolate, about half the length 

 of the second. Fore wings with brown lines; interior and exterior 

 lines widely apart on the costa, converging from thence and united 

 near the interior border, which they do not reach ; submarginal line 

 straight, oblique, accompanied on its inner side by a diffuse brown 

 band. Hind wings dingy testaceous, with a broad diffuse submar- 

 ginal brown band, which is obsolete beneath. Length of the body 

 10 lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 



Ceylon. .In Mr. Layaru's collection. 



