498 noctuid^. 



irrorated with black ; the ante- and postmedial lines indistinct, 

 the latter with a dark mark at costa ; the submarginal line 

 angled outwards at vein 4 as well as 6, and with black inner edge 

 throughout. 



Hab. Simla. Exp. 50 millim. 



2495. Ophiusa mejanesi, Guen. Met. iii, p. 232. 

 Ophisma expedita, Wlk. Cat. xiv, p. 1375. 



Ophiusa tuniidilinea, Wlk. Cat. xiv, p. 1433 ; C. fy S. no. 2611. 



Head and thorax reddish chocolate ; shaft of antennae white ; 

 abdomen fuscous. Fore wing reddish chocolate irrorated with 

 dark specks ; a short indistinct subbasal line ; an outwardly 

 oblique, slightly sinuous, ochreous antemedial line ; the orbicular 

 and reniform dark with ochreous edges, the former minute ; an 

 ochreous postmedial line excurved beyond the cell, then sinuous 

 to inner margin, often with an indistinct series of fuscous 

 spots beyond it ; a submarginal line angled outwards at vein 6, 

 then sinuous to inner margin in the typical form, straight in 

 tumidilinea, the area beyond it purplish grey, often with black 

 specks between the veins towards inner margin ; a crenulate 

 marginal line. Hind wing with the basal area whitish, more or 

 less suffused with fuscous ; the outer area fuscous black ; cilia 

 white, dark at centre. Underside with the basal area of both 

 wings white with a cell-spot, the outer area fuscous. 



Hab. W. Africa; "N. India"; throughout W. and S. India. 

 Exp. 54 millim. 



2496. Ophiusa absentimacula, Gum. Noct. iii, p. 255; C. $ S. 



no. 2632. 



Pale red-brown. Fore wing with a broad greyish medial band, 

 with a straight dark line on its inner edge and a sinuous line on 

 its outer ; a slightly oblique and sinuous postmedial line ; a sub- 

 marginal series of pale specks and marginal series of dark specks. 

 Hind wing pale fuscous ; a broad diffused submarginal band, very 

 wide at apex. 



Hah. Assam ; Ceylon ; Andamans ; Java. Exp. 50 millim. 



2497. Ophiusa duplex, Moore, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 26, pi. 6, fig. 4 ; 



C. 8f S. no. 2635. 



Differs from absentimacula in the medial line of the fore wing 

 being straight ; the postmedial line highly angled below costa and 

 slightly waved. 



Hab. Sikhim. Exp. 58 millim. 



2498. Ophiusa acuta, Moore, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 27, pi. 6, fig. 5 ; C. $ S. 



no. 2664. 



Differs from duplex in the postmedial line of fore wing not 

 being waved. 



Hab. Khasis. Exp. 62 millim. 



