﻿lepidoptera heteuocera. 1353 



5. Lagoptera dotata. 



Ferrugineo-fusca, suhtus albida alarum inurginibiis late ohscuriori- 

 bus ; alee anticce fascia media latissima anlice repanda palli- 

 diore albido marginata, reniformi e annulis duobus^ margine 

 exteriore cinerascente ; poaticcB fuscce, fascia brevi alba, mar- 

 gine albido, 



Noctua dotata, Fabr. EnL Syst. Hi. 2, 60, 153. 



Arete polygrapha? Kollar, Hug, KascL iv. 478. 



Ophiusa doiata, Van der Iloeven, Lep, Nov. pi. 4, f. 3, a, b. 



Lagoptera dotala, Guen. NocL iii. 226, 1632. 



a. Hindustan. From Aiciideacon Clerk's collection. 

 b — d. North Hindostan. From Mr. James' collection. 



e. Silhet. From Mr. Sowerby's collection. 



f, ? From Mr. Milue's collection. 



gji. ? 



Country unknown. 



6. LagoptepvA? Juno. 



Olivaceo-subcinerea, alee anticce stigmate fusco, lineis duabus albis 

 obsoletis ; posticce pallide rufce, macula magna atra, fasciola 

 ccerulescente-inscripta, 



Noctua Juno, Dabn. Anal. Entom. 52, 29. 



This may be identical with L. elegans. 



Genus 6. OPHIODES. 



Corpus robustum, dense pilosum. Proboscis robusta, mediocris. 

 Palpi validi, compressi, pilosi, oblique ascendentes; aniculus 2us 

 longus, vix arcuatus ; 3us lanceolatus, 2i dimidio non iongior. 

 Antennae simplices, graciles, corporis dimidio lougiores. Abdomen 

 alas poslicas pauilo aut vix superans. Pedes robusti ; lemora 

 pilosissima; tibia3 posticce calcaribus longis validis. Alge longae, 

 non latae ; anticae vix acutae, apud costam rectae, margine exteriore 

 subobliquo non aut vix denticulato. 



Opbiodes, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. x. 77; NocL iii. 227. 

 Phoberia, p., H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 267. 

 Ophiusa, p., Oc/is. 



Body stout, thickly pilose. Proboscis robust, moderately long. 

 Palpi stout, compressed, pilose, obliquely ascending; second joint 

 long, hardly curved ; third lanceolate, about half the length ol the 

 second. Antennae simple, slender, more than half the lengih of the 

 body. Abdomen extending a little or hardly beyond the hind wings. 



