﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETE ROCER.A.. 1307 



8. NyCTIPAO OBLITERAXS. 



Foem. Obscure ferriigineo-fusca ; alee vix denliculatce, lineis 

 transversis interioribus undidatis nigris subobsoletis, fascia 

 exteriore subtus e maculis paiicis fuinimis albis ; anticce 

 ocello maximo, pupilla manjineqiie airis, lineolis duabus 

 ccerttleis, macula subtus costam versus raediocri. 



Female. Very dark ferruginous-brown. Wings very slightly 

 denticulated, willi the black transverse interior undulating lines 

 almost obsolete; underside with some traces of an exterior band, 

 composed of a few very small white spots, which are apparent on 

 only two of the veins of the hind wings, and are live in number on 

 the fore wings, the next but one to the costa much larger than the 

 others. Fore wiugs with the ocellus rather larger than that of 

 N. glaucopis, its border and its disk deep black, with two slight 

 blue lines. Length of the body 15 lines; of the wings 42 lines. 



a. Silhet. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



9. Nyctipao disturbans. 



Fiem. Ferruginea, subtus paUidior ; alcB vix denticulala, fascia 

 exteriore recta obiiqua flava ferrugineo conspersa et marginata 

 exius dilatata angulosque quatuor latos ftngente, spatio ad hue 

 exteriore nigricante^ lunulis marginalibus nigris, maculis 

 subtus exterioribus fiavis cuneatis ; anticce fascia interiore lata 

 nigricante ferrugineo varia angulum magnum extus fingente^ 

 ocello obliquo angusto nigro pupilla postice truncata. 



Female. Ferruginous, somewhat paler beneath. Wings hardly 

 denticulated, with a straight oblique exterior yellow band, which is 

 for the most part speckled with ferruginous, and is mostly wholly 

 ferruginous along the exterior border, which is dilated into two 

 large angles in each wing, and along which the surface is 

 blackish ; marginal lunules black ; under side with the yellow 

 baiid more regular, and- accompanied by yellow cuneate spots 

 along its exterior border. Fore wings with an interior broad 

 blackish band, which is dilated into a great angle on the ex- 

 terior side, and whose disk is partly ferruginous ; it is contiguous 

 to the ocellus, which is black, slightly lined with yellow, is some- 

 what oblique and narrow, and has on the hind side its pupil trun- 

 iccited and its border open. Length of the body 12 lines; of the 

 wings 36 lines. 



