﻿1372 CATALOGUE OF 



9. Ophisma confundens. 



Mas. Cervina^ suhtus cineraacens ; alee anticce suhfalcatce, nigro 

 suhconspersce^ fascia hasali nigricanie vix conspicua, linea 

 testucea recta plus obliqua, spatio exteriore cinereo lineas tres 

 undulatas pallida cervinas includente, plaga costali apicali 

 cervina^ punctis marginalibus nigris, orbiculari et remformi 

 subobsoletis ; posticee fascia exteriore lata nigro-fusca postice 

 attenuata. 



Male, Fawn-colour, with a cinereous tinge beneath, where the 

 wings have an exterior denticulated brown line, and the fore wings 

 a blackish patch beyond the line. Fore wings subfalcate, slightly 

 speckled with black, with a very indistinct blackish band near the 

 base, having a straight more oblique testaceous line a little beyond 

 it ; between the latter and the exterior border the wings have a cine- 

 reous tinge and contain three undulating pale fawn-coloured bands, 

 of which the submarginal line is most distinct, and ends in a costal 

 apical fawn-coloured patch ; orbicular and reiiiform marks almost 

 obsolete ; a row of marginal black points. Hind wings with a broad 

 exterior blackish brown band, which is attenuated towards the inte- 

 rior angle. Length of the body 12 lines ; of the wings 26 lines. 



a. Bogota. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



70. Ophisma tubtueoides. 



Mas. Pallide cervina, nigro conspersa ; caput apud oculos album ; 

 antennce crenulatce ; abdomen cinereum ; alee anticce acutcB, 

 pallide piirpurascentes, puncto basali albo^ lineis transversis 

 ferrugineis undulatis non distinctis, linea submarginali al- 

 bido-glaucescente undulata incompleta, punctis marginalibus 

 nigris albo notatis^ punctis tribus costalibus subapicalibus 

 albidis ; posticm cinereo -cervince^ margine lato fusco^ ciliis 

 lineaque versus angulum interiorem pallide cinereis. 



Male. Pale fawn-colour, speckled with black, cinereous be- 

 neath. Head white about the eyes and at the base of the antennas, 

 which are crenulate. Abdomen cinereous. Fore wings acute, with 

 a pale purple tinge ; a white point at the base ; transverse lines fer- 

 ruginous, undulating, not distinct; suhmarginal line whitish glau- 

 cous, undulating, incomplete; a row of black white-marked margi- 

 nal points; thiee costal subapical whitish points; orbicular and 

 reniform marks obsolete. Hind wings dull cinereous fawn-colour, 



