OPHIDEEES. 



561 



legs red ; spiracular scarlet patches largest posteriorly and with some 

 irregular white markings round them, on somite 9 in the form of 

 an oblique white bar ; a yellow subdorsal mark on 4th somite ; 



Fig. 317. — Ophideres fullonica, $ . \. 



black ocelli with yellow iris and white pupils on 5th and 6th somites, 

 and two yellow patches on 11th somite. 



Hah. Africa ; throughout the Oriental region to New Guinea and 

 Australia. Exp., 6 80-94, $ 90-110 millim. 



c. (Argadesa). Fore wing with the cilia crenulate in hoth sexes. 



2640. Ophideres materna, Linn. Syst. Nat i, 2, p. 840 ; Moore. Lep. 

 Ceyl. iii, pi. 161, fig. 2 ; C. Sf S. no. 2474. 

 Noctua hybrida, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 593. 



3 . Head and thorax greenish grey ; abdomen orange. Fore 

 wing greenish grey with very numerous faint striated reddish lines ; 

 three rufous spots at end of cell ; a dark oblique line from near 

 apex to centre of inner margin ; a silvery patch on vein 1 and 

 another below lower angle of cell ; a marginal black band with 

 crenulate inner edge ; a series of white cilial spots. Underside 

 orange ; fore wing with the costa and apical area blotched with 

 rufous ; oblique postmedial and subapical black bands ; hind wing 

 with the apical area blotched with rufous ; a black spot on costa ; 

 another beyond lower angle of cell ; a marginal black band from 

 vein 5 to anal angle. 



2 with the fore wing much more prominently striated with 

 rufous ; the silvery patches below and beyond cell very large and 

 conjoined, crossed by white streaks above vein 2 and beyond cell. 



Hah. Throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma ; Andamans ; Java. 

 Exp. 96 millim. 



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