﻿1368 CATALOGUE OF 



West Indies. 



1. Ophisma tropicalis. 



Fusca, lignicolor ; ala- apud marginem extcriorem violaceo-albo 

 conspersce punctis nigris ; anticcefalcalce, linea interiore recta 

 pallida^ spatio contiguo nonnunqiiam pallide cinereo, punctis 

 duahus discalihus nigris, litura subapicali nigricante vaga 

 contorta, posticce fascia lata indistincia lineaque contigua oh' 

 scurioribus, 



Ophisma tropicalis, Guen, Noct» iii. 238, 1651. 



Cuba. Brazil. Colombia. 



2. Ophisma detrahens. 



FcBin. Cervina, suhtus cinerea ; abdomen cinerascens ; alee anticcb 

 punctis warginalibus nigricantibus albo nofaiis ; anticcB sub- 

 fnlcalce^lineis transversis duabus, la interiore recta subobliqua 

 fuscescente albido extus marginata, 2a exteriore indistincia e 

 iunulifi disjunctis fuscescentibus, striga subapicali fusca 

 arcuata interrupta ; posticce ceneo subnitentes^ fascia postica 

 lata fusca. 



Female. Fawn-colour, mostly cinereous beneatb. Abdomen 

 with a cinereous tinge. Wings with marginal blackish white marked 

 points. Fore wings subfalcate, with the transverse lines obsolete 

 excepting two ; the Isi interior, straight, slightly oblique, brownish, 

 with a whitish exterior border ; 2nd exterior, indistinct, composed 

 of separate brownish lunnles ; a subapical curved interrupted brown 

 streak, extending from the costa; under side with a brown patch 

 near the interior angle. Hind wings with an aeneous tinge, and 

 with a broad posterior brown band, which is attenuated towards 

 the interior angle. Length of the body 10 lines; of the wings 24 

 lines. 



a. West Coast of America. Presented by Cupt. Kellelt and Lieut. 

 Wood. 



b, St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



