﻿1382 CATALOGUE OF 



border ; exterior border whitish purple ; a narrow white discal band. 

 Length of the body iO lines ; of the wings 26 lines. 



a. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



30. Ophisma maturescens. 



Ferrugineo'fusca ; abdomen cinereo-fuscum ; alee antice subviri- 

 clescentes, fasciis duabus subpurpurascentibus, linca \a trans- 

 versa pallida recta subobliqua^ 2a obliqua subarcuala angulum 

 anticiim aciitum fingente^ plaga apicali diffusa nigra^ punctis 

 tribus costalibus testaceis ; posticce fuscce. 



Ferruginous-brown, brown beneath. Abdomen cinereous- 

 brown. Fore wings with a greenish tinge excepting the purplish 

 tinge towards the exterior border, and along the outer side of" the 

 first transverse line, which is pale, straight and slightly oblique ; 

 second much more oblique, slightly curved, forming towards the 

 costa an acute angle, which joins an apical diffuse black patch ; three 

 testaceous points on the subapical part of the costa. Hind wings 

 brown, paler along the hind part of the exterior border, and with a 

 slight pale approximate streak. Length of the body 8 lines ; of 

 the wings 20 lines. 



«. Silhet. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



b. Silhet. From the Eev. J. Stainforth's collection. 



31. Ophisma maturata. 



Mas. Ferrnginea, subtus pallide cinerea ; alec antice purpura- 

 scentes, lineis tribus rectis parallelis suboblequis, la abbreviata, 

 fascia obliqua obsctire viridi antice dilatata, plaga apicali dif- 

 fusa obscure fusca; posticce fuscce, ynargine exteriore postico 

 cinereo, 



Male. Ferruginous, pale cinereous beneath, except a diffuse 

 brownish tinge towards the exterior border of the wings. Abdomen 

 brownish cinereous. Fore wings with a more or less deep purple 

 tinge and with three straight parallel, slightly oblique lines ; first 

 line basal, obsolete hindward ; third forming the inner border of an 

 oblique dark green band, which is widened in front ; fourth line bor- 

 dering the outer side of the band, forming towards the costa a right 

 angle, which approaches a dark brown difl'use apical patch. Hind 

 wings brown, cinereous along the hind part of the exterior border. 

 Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



