LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 957 



Ophisma Siamica. 



Mas. Cinereo-fusca ; corpus subtus luteum ; palporum articulus 

 Sus brevissimus ; abdominis fasciculus apicalis sordide luteus ; 

 femora posteriora luteo pilosa ; alee anlicce fusees cente-cinerece, 

 linea post media nigricante subreeta punctis cinereis margi- 

 nata, spatio exteriore fusco lineam fusees cente-ciner earn indis- 

 tinctam angulosam nigricante submarginatam includente, 

 fascia basali fusca undulata, orbiculari e gutta fusca, reni- 

 formi fusco marginata ; postica fuscce, cinereo bifasciutce. 



Male. Cinereous-brown. Body luteous beneath. Palpi 

 erect, pubescent, not rising- higher than the vertex ; second joint 

 very broad ; third extremely small. Antennae setulose. Abdomen 

 extending rather beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft dingy luteous. 

 Posterior femora clothed with luteous hairs. Fore wings brownish 

 cinereous from the base to nearly two-thirds of the length, where 

 there is an almost straight blackish line which is accompanied by 

 cinereous points ; the space beyond this line is brown, and contains 

 a brownish cinereous indistinct zigzag difFusedly blackish-bor- 

 dered line ; a brown band near the base, undulating on the outer 

 side ; orbicular mark forming a brown dot ; reniform brown-bor- 

 dered, excavated on the outer side; submarginal points black. 

 Hind wings brown, with two cinereous bands; first across the 

 middle; second marginal, inegular. Length of the body 14 

 lines ; of the wings 34 lines. 



Siam. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Ophisma correctata. 



Foem. Saturate cervina ; pedes pilosi, femoribus fimbriatis ; alee 



margine exteriore fimbriaque albidis, punctis marginalibus 



< K nigris ; anticce peracuta?, fascia ante media albida recta 



obliqua intus diffusa, linea media cinerea ; posticas fascia 



intermedia tenui indeterminata. 



Female. Deep fawn-colour, cinereous-brown beneath. Palpi 

 erect, rather slender, rising much higher than the vertex ; third 

 joint lanceolate, much more than half the length of the second. 

 Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, 

 pilose ; femora fringed. Wings with the fringe and the adjoining 

 part of the exterior border mostly whitish ; marginal points black. 

 Fore wings very acute, with a whitish straight oblique slightly 



