﻿1376 CATALOGUE OF 



Fawn-colour, cinereous beneath, where the wings have a very 

 broad black border. Fore wings acute, not falcate, speckled with 

 black, and with the usual transverse lines black, slender, irregular, 

 much denticulated, and partly shaded with cinereous; orbicular 

 mark represented by a black point ; reniform indistinct ; a black 

 angular subapical streak bordered with brown ; marginal line denti- 

 culated, regular. Hind wings blackish, cinereous and speckled 

 with black towards the exterior border. Length of the body 8^ 

 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



a. Port Natal. From M Guienzius' collection. 



17. Ophisma senior. 



CinereO'Cervina ; ala: suhtus fasciis duahus aiigustis obscure fuscis^ 

 exteriore fusco margmata ; anticce aculce, subfalcatce, nigra 

 consperscB^ lineis transversis angustis^ orbiculari punctiforrni 

 reniformisque margine incomplefo nigris^ tinea submarginali 

 nigricante subdiffusa intus cervino marginata, spatio marginali 

 cano, puncf.is submarginalibus nigrisj punctis costalibus sub- 

 apicalibus testaceis ; posticce fascia f us ca, spatio marginali ni- 

 gricante postice diviso, plaga apud angulmn interiorem cana. 



Fawn-colour with a cinereous tinge, which is most prevalent 

 beneath when the wings have two slender dark brown bands, the 

 exterior one shaded with brown on the outer side. Fore wings acute, 

 slightly subfalcate, speckled with black ; the usual transverse lines 

 black, slender, irregular; orbicular mark forminf«: a black point; 

 reniform with an incomplete black border ; submargiual line black- 

 ish, somewhat diffuse, bordered on the inner side, except towards the 

 costa, with fawn-colour, and with the space between it and the ex- 

 terior border hoary ; a row of black submaiginal points ; costa with 

 some testaceous points towards the tip. Hind wings with a brown 

 band; apical space blackish, which hue is divided into two bands- 

 towards the interior angle, near which the exterior border is hoary. 

 Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



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



18. Ophisma mundissima. 



Mas. — Pallide cervina, subtus cinerascens ; alcR margine exteriore 

 ciliisque albidis^ punctis niarginalibus nigris ; anticce lineis 

 nonnullis transversis fuscescentibus indistinctis denticulatis ^ 



