﻿LEPIDOPTERA HKTEROCEIIA. 1;^75 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



b. Conp^o. Presented by Sir J. Eichardson. 



c. West Africa. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



d. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



15. Ophisma expedita. 



Cervina, nonnunqnam rnfescens^ suhlm alhida ; abdomen pallide 

 testaceum ; alee sub tus fascia lata marginali faaca aui cervina ; 

 aniicce nigra subconspersfe, lineis duahiis albidis postlce ap- 

 proximatis, la vix arcuata, 2a undulala^ orbiculari e annulo 

 nigrif, renifonni sat angmta vix excavata nigra ad partem 

 marginata, tinea submarginali nigra undulata angulum. unum 

 acutum Jiagente, spatio marginali albido nebidis cinereis 

 atomis nigris, linea marginali fusca denticulata ; posticce 

 pallide testacece^ fascia marginali fusca diffusa latissima, 

 ciliis albis^ striga postica fusca. 



Fawn-colour, occasionally with a reddish tinge, whitish be- 

 neath, excepting a broad brown or fawn-coloured marginal band on 

 the wings. Abdomen pale testaceous. Fore wings slightly speckled 

 with black, with two whitish lines which converge towards the hind 

 border and include between them the discal marks ; first band hardly 

 curved; second undulating; orbicular spot forming a small black 

 ringlet ; reniform partly bordered with black, rather narrow, hardly 

 excavated on the outer side ; a black undulating submarginal line 

 forming one acute angle ; space between it and the exterior border 

 whitish, partly clouded with gray, slightly speckled with black ; 

 marginal line brown, regularly denticulated. Hind wings pale 

 testaceous, with a brown diffuse very broad marginal band; ciliae 

 white, with the exception of a brown hindward streak. Length of 

 the body 9 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



G, b. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson, 

 c. — ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



16. Ophisma oblita. 



Cervina^ subius cinerea ; ales subtus margine latissimo nigra ; an- 

 ticce acuice^ nan falcat(B, nigra conspersce, lineis transversis 

 nigris angustis variis denticulatis cinerea ad partem margina- 

 tis, orbiculari e puncto nigra ^ renifarmi indistincta, striga 

 subapicali nigra angulata fusca marginata^ linea marginali 

 denticulata ; posticce nigricantes, apud marginem exteriorem 

 cinerece nigra conspersce. 



