﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1313 



Genus 8. OMMATOPHORA. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi erecti, longius- 

 culi ; articulus 2us validus, subtus pilosus ; 3us lauceolatus, gracil- 

 limus, 2o brevior. Antenuie ^raciles, simplices, corporis diniidio 

 valde longiores. Abdomen alas posticas uon superans. Pedes 

 validi, pilosi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus longis- Alae sublatae, non 

 longae nee denticulatoe ; auticae apud costam rectae, apice sat rotun- 

 data;, margine exteriore subobliquo. 



Ommatopbora, Guen, Noct, iii. 190. 

 Speiredonia, p., H'ltbn. Verz. Schmett. 272. 



Body stout. Proboscis moderately lonp:. Palpi vertical, 

 rather long' ; second joint stout, pilose beneath ; third joint lanceo- 

 late, very slender, sborter than the second. Autenna3 slender, 

 simple, very much more than half the length of the body. Abdo- 

 men not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, pilose, not 

 long ; hind tibiae with long spurs. Wings moderately broad, 

 not long, not denticulated. Fore wings straight along the cosla, 

 somewhat rounded at the tips, slightly oblique along the exterior 

 border. 



1. Ommatophora luminosa. 



Ferrugineo-fiisca, subtus luteo-cervina ; caput cervinum, laterihus 

 nigra vittatis ; thoracis discus anticus cervinus, vittis duabus 

 lateralibus nigris ; alee lineis duabus submarginalibus angu- 

 losis nigris ; anticcB purpurascentes^ lineis duabus transversis 

 undulatis interioribus (basaii postice abbreviaia) nigris^ ocellu 

 maximo iridescente^ linea exteriore alba costam versus retracla^ 

 spatio marginali olivaceo-cervino ; posticce linea media sub- 

 recta lineaque exteriore angulifera nigris^ maculis subtus dua- 

 bus nigris cceruleo notatis, 



Phalaena luminosa, Cram, Pap. Exot. iii. 147, pi. 274, f. D. 

 Speiredonia luminosa, Hubti. Verz. Schmett. '272^ 2()86. 

 Ommatopbora luminosa, Guen. Noct. iii. 190, 1586. 



a. Java. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



b. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



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