﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1381 



28. Ophisma. certior. 



Ferruginea^ subtusferrugineo-cervina; alee anticce latce^ acuUt^ 

 subpurpurascentes^ non falcatce^ apucl marginem exterioreuL 

 subobliqucB^ spatio intermedio pa/lidiore llneis duabua fmcU 

 postice converge ntibus incluao^ orbiculari e gxitta fusca, reni- 

 forrni fusco marginata, linea submarginali fusca angulosa 

 diffusa indistincta, punctis siibmarginalibus nigricautibus ; 

 posticce fusca, fascia albida apud angidum interiorem abbre- 

 viata. 



Ferruginous, more fawn-colour beneath. Thorax paler than 

 the head and darker than the abdomen. Fore wings broad, acute, 

 not falcate, slightly oblique along the exterior border, with a slight 

 purplish tinge, which is most apparent on the middle part, the latter 

 somewhat paler than the rest of the wing, and bounded b}' two 

 brown lines converging hindward; of these the inner one is undu- 

 lating, and the outer straight ; orbicular forming a brown dot ; 

 reniform with a brown border, which is indented on the outer side ; 

 submarginal line brown, zigzag, diffuse and indistinct ; submar- 

 ginal points blackish. Hind wings brovvn, with a slight whitish 

 band, which is abbreviated towards the interior angle. Wings be- 

 neath without any markings. Length of the body 11 lines; oi' the 

 wings 28 Unes. 



a. Hindostan. From Arcbdeacou Clerk's collection. 



29. OpH[S3IA contenta. 



Foem. Cervina ; abdominis segmenta antica subcristata ; ala^ antlcce 

 lineis transversis subobsol.etis^ ana exteriore P recta subobliqua 

 sat distincta guttis pallidioribus notata, orbiculari e gutt.i 

 parva fusca, reniformi perangusta fusco tnarginata, guttis sub- 

 marginalibus nigricantibus ; posticce (sneo-fuscce, fascia discali 

 angusta alba, margine exteriore albido-purpureo . • 



Female, Fawn-colour. Abdomen a little paler than the thorax ; 

 segments from the first to the fourth slightly crested. Fore wings 

 with the transverse lines almost obsolete, except a straight exterior 

 slightly oblique rather darker line, which is marked by indistinct 

 paler dots, where it traverses the veins; orbicular mark forming a 

 small brown dot; reniform very narrow, bordered with brown, exca- 

 vated on its outer side ; a row of submarginal blackish dots. Hind 

 wings aeneous-brown, paler towards the base and along the interior 



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