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2. OltETA SUFFUSA. 



Mas. Cervina, vix purpuruscens ; caput et pedes lutca ; thorax 

 antice albidus ; aim cinereo guttata, ban et apud, marginem 

 exteriorem Jlarcsccntes, antlcw, cinereo- flavoquc fascia t« ma- 

 cula postica nigricante ; tibice nigra urnvittata: et un'ujutlata',. 



Male. Lilac fawn-colour. Head and legs luteous. Thorax 

 whitish in front. Wings with numerous grayish spots, yellowish 

 towards the base and along the exterior border. Fore wings with 

 the darker middle part bounded on the inside by an undulating 

 gray band, and on the outside by a more oblique and nearly straight 

 yellow band ; a blackish spot by the interior angle ; costa hardly 

 convex; less obtuse at the tips than in O. externa; exterior border 

 more oblique and less concave in front than that of O. oblusa. 

 Hind wings with the darker middle part very narrow. Each tibia 

 with a slender black stripe and a black dot. Length of the body 

 6 lines; of the wings 1(> lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by 11. Templeton, Esq. 



3, Oreta obtusa. 



Fcem. Testaceo-flava aut testacea ; caput rufum ; thorax nonnun- 

 quam ferrugineus ; pedes ex parte ruji, tibiis nigro uni- 

 vittatis ; ala? fascia obliqua ferruginea autfusca, nonnunquam 

 apud apices albido notatd'. 



Female. Testaceous-yellow. Head red. Thorax pale ferru- 

 ginous. Legs partly red ; each tibia with a slender black stripe. 

 Wings with an oblique irregular pale ferruginous band, which is 

 much widened towards the costa of the fore wings; the wings 

 between this band and the base have pale ferruginous marks, and 

 brown marks beyond it. Fore wings with the outer side of the fer- 

 ruginous band bordered with brown ; a ferruginous band along the 

 exterior border, extending to the fore part of the exterior border of 

 the hind wings, and a whitish mark by each tip ; under side reddish 

 ferruginous, with the exception of a blackish band. Hind wings 

 ferruginous towards the base on the under side. Length of the 

 body 5 — (y lines; of the wings 16 — 18 lines. 



Var. j3. Testaceous, with brown marks, and with a very slender 

 brown band, 

 a, b. Silhet. From the Rev. J. Stainforth's collection. 



