﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA 1229 



24. Ophideres smaragdipicta. 



Ferruginea^ nigro varia ; abdomen luteum ; alee anticce suhpur- 

 piirascentes, lituris apud costam fasciaque suhmarginali inter- 

 rupta smaragdinis^ vitta nitidiore discali angulata albidcr 

 marginata, reniformi elongata apud medium angusta nigro 

 marginata ; posticce lutecB, fascia discali brevi arcuata mar- 

 gineque subinterrupto latis nigris. 



Ferruginous, varied with black. Abdoraen luteous. Fore 

 wings with a purplish tinge, with emerald-green marks along 

 the costa, with an interrupted emerald-green submarginal band, 

 and with a brighter green irregular angular whitish bordered discal 

 stripe ; reniform spot elongated, narrow in the middle, bordered 

 with black. Hind wings bright luteous, with a short broad curved 

 black discal band, and with a broad black border, which is abbre- 

 viated and slightly interrupted towards the interior angle. Length 

 of the body 13 lines ; of the wings 30 lines. 



Singapore. 



a. Borneo. From Mr. Low's collection. 



Polynesia. 



25. Ophideres obliterans. 



Rufescente-cervina ; abdomen luteum, disco subcervino ; alee an- 

 ticce pallide cervince, basi margine exteriore fasciisque duabus 

 indistinctis obliquis et valde dijfusis viridescentibus ; posticcB 

 lutecB, margine intus excavato fasciaque valde arcuata abbre- 

 viatis latissimis nigris. 



Reddish fawn-colour. Abdomen luteous, somewhat fawn- 

 coloured in the disk. Fore wings pale fawn-colour, pale greenish at 

 the base, and with two indistinct oblique and very diffuse pale 

 greenish bands ; a pale greenish tinge along part of the exterior 

 border; reniform spot pale greenish, indistinct; the other marks 

 obsolete. Hind wings luteous, fawn-coloured towards ihe base, 

 with a very broad black border, which is excavated interiorly and 

 abbreviated hindward, where ir^pproaches the much curved black 

 band, which is also abbreviated and very broad. Length of the 

 body 15 lines ; of the wings 38 lines. 



a, b. Navigator's Islands. 



