LEPIDOPTEliA HETEROCERA. 969 



subundulata antice furcata maculam costahm magnam pur- 

 purascente-cineream inchtdente, reniformi e lineola transversa 

 fusca ; posticce lineis tribus purpura scente-cinereis. 



Female. Mouse-colour, stout. Palpi pubescent, nearly erect, 

 rising rather higher than the vertex ; third joint linear, about half 

 the length of the second. Legs stout, femora and tibiae pilose. 

 Wings broad; marginal points blackish; fringe cinereous. Fore 

 wings acute, with an aeneous tinge ; six oblique purplish cinereous 

 bands ; first, second, third, and fourth narrow, near the base; fifth 

 antemedial, limited on the outer side by a zigzag brown line ; an 

 exterior darker brown slightly undulating line, forked in front and 

 bordering a large purplish cinereous costal spot; sixth marginal, irre- 

 gular along its inner side; reniform mark distinguished by a short 

 transverse brown line ; exterior border very slightly oblique. Hind 

 wings with three purplish cinereous lines, which are abbreviated in 

 front; first postmedial ; third marginal. Length of the body 9 

 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



a. Shanghai. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



Ophiusa subcostalis. 



Mas. Cinereo-fusca ; palpi pubescentes, verticem longissime 

 superantes, articulo So lanceolato ; antennce setosce ; pedes 

 laves ; alee an ticce macula costali magna subapicali nigricante, 

 lineis tribus indistinctis angulosis apud costam nigricantibus ; 

 posticce linea post media nigra obliqua. 



Male. Cinereous-brown, cinereous beneath. Palpi pubescent, 

 compressed, much longer than the breadth of the head and rising 

 very much higher than the vertex ; third joint lanceolate, more than 

 half the length of the second. Antennae setose. Legs smooth. 

 Fore wings acute, with three small blaekish costal marks and with 

 a large blackish costal spot near the tip; three zigzag indistinct 

 lines, which are very little darker than the ground hue and termi- 

 nate in the costal marks. Hind wings with a black oblique post- 

 medial line. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



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



Ophiusa obumbrata. 



Fcem. Cinereo-fusca ; palpi graciles, oblique ascendentes, verticem 

 paullo superantes f articulo 2o subjirnbriato^ So lineari ; alee 



