LYCIMJSTA. — OMMATOPHORA. 551 



reddish and orange, irrorated with black. Fore wing with three 

 indistinct waved black lines on basal area ; a small orbicular 

 spot; traces of numerous indistinct waved lines on outer half 

 of wing, crossed by a more prominent oblique line from costa near 

 apex ; a small hyaline spot between veins 3 and 4 ; a submarginal 

 series of black specks. Hind wing with oblique antemedial line ; 

 three indistinct waved lines on postmedial area ; a submarginal 

 series of black specks. 



Hab. Sikhim ; Assam ; Burma. Exp. 44 millim. 



Genus HOM^A. 

 Hornsea, Guen. Noct. iii, p. 206 (1852). 



Type, H. clathrum, Guen. 



Mange. Abyssinia ; Aden ; JN\W. India. 



Palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching vertex of head and 

 roughly scaled, the 3rd prominent ; antennae minutely ciliated ; 

 thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled and somewhat slender ; mid 

 tibiae spined ; the tibiae of male fringed with long hair, and the fore 

 and hind tarsi fringed with hair. Fore wing with the apex some- 

 what rounded. 



2627. Homaea clathrum, Guen. Noct. iii, p. 207 ; C. $ S. no. 2551. 



Head and thorax pale, mottled with dark brown ; abdomen 

 fuscous, ringed with white. Fore wing fuscous brown, with numerous 



Fig. 312. — Homcsa clathrum 



indistinct pale waved lines ; oblique whitish ante- and postmedial 

 bands, with a fine line beyond each, the veins between the bands 

 whitish, and a whitish patch on the discocellulars ; an irregularly 

 waved black submarginal line and crenulate marginal line. Hind 

 wing similar, but with one band only, which is medial. Underside 

 of both wings with a black grey-suffused postmedial band. 

 Bab. Abyssinia ; Aden ; N.W. India. Exp. 40-44 millim. 



Genus OMMATOPHORA. 



Ommatophora, Guen. Noct. iii, p. 190 (1852). 



Type, 0. luminosa, Cram. 

 Range. Sikhim ; Assam ; Java ; Philippines. 

 Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching vertex of head, the 3rd naked ; 

 antennae almost simple; thorax and abdomen smoothly clothed 



