494 noctttid^;. 



Sect. I. Males without large tufts on the legs. 

 A. Hind iving not orange or crimson. 



2481. Ophiusa gravata, Guen. Nod. iii, p. 237 ; C. $ S. no. 2616. 



Pale reddish brown. Fore wing with an indistinct straight 

 erect medial pale line with dark inner edge ; a slightly curved 

 dark postmedial line aud very obscure submarginal line; the cilia 

 white at tips. Hind wing brownish ochreous, with a submarginal 

 fuscous black band very wide near apex. Underside of fore wing 

 with submarginal fuscous patch. 



Hab. Sikhim ; Sylhet ; Burma ; Ceylon ; Australia. Exp. 60 

 millim. 



2482. Ophiusa mezentia, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv, pi. 323, F ; C. $ S. 



no. 2625. 

 Achsea reversa, Wlk. Cat. xiv, p. 1399; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, 



pi. 169, figs. 2, 2 a (larva) ; C. <$• 8. no. 2627. 

 Sypna lugens, Wlk. Cat. xxxiii, p. 938. 



Dark brown ; head and thorax irrorated with grey ; the abdomen 

 blackish. Fore wing uniformly coloured and irrorated with grey 

 in the form reversa ; in mezentia with indistinct subbasal, ante- 

 medial, medial, double postmedial, and submarginal waved lines 

 slightly outlined with grey or ochreous ; a broad medial grey or 

 ochreous band with the reniform spot on it ; an ill-defined semi- 

 circular apical grey or ochreous patch. Hind wing black, slightly 

 shot with blue and with a large apical white patch. Underside of 

 fore wing with a broad postmedial white band not reaching the 

 costa. 



Larva. Olive-grey with numerous longitudinal lines ; a paler 

 lateral band ; underside pinkish ; the anal somite with two dorsal 

 yellow tubercles; head yellowish with black lines. Food-plant, 

 Canthium. 



Hob. Madras ; Ceylon. Exp. 58-64 millim. 



2483. Ophiusa melicerte, Drury, III. Exot. Ins. i, p. 46, pi. 23, fig. 1 ; 



Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, pi. 168, figs. 2, 2 a, b (larva) ; C. ' § S. 



no. 2624. 

 Noctua tigrina, Fabr. Spec. Ins. p. 218. 

 Achsea catella, Guen. Noct. iii, p. 247. 

 Catocala traversii, Fereday, Trans. N. Z. Inst, ix, p. 457, pi. 17. 



Pale reddish brown. Fore wing with the markings usually 

 prominent, but sometimes almost obsolete ; a short subbasal waved 

 line; obliquely waved antemedial and excised postmedial lines, 

 often with black suffusion inside them ; a speck at end of cell ; a 

 diffused rufous band beyond, the postmedial line. Hind wing 

 black, with medial white band ; three large white spots on outer 

 margin ; the cilia whitish. Underside suffused with grey ; fore 

 wing with an oblique white postmedial band not reaching the 

 costa ; two crenulate medial lines on each wing. 



