﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEBOCEKA. 1383 



This may be the male of 0. matiirescens, though differing much 

 in the markings. 



a. Penang. Presented by Sir W. Norris. 



32. Ophisma deficiens. 



Foem. Tesiacea, suhtus obscurior; caput et thorax anticus cervina; 

 aicB nigro subconspersce, linea media dwplicata incompleta ser- 

 pentina punctisque submarc/lnalibus nigris ; anticce lituris 

 costalibus nigricantihus^ orbiculari e gutta rnfescente, striga 

 arciiata discali fasciaque obliqua rufescentibus, linea exteriore 

 fusca ; posticcB vix fasciatce. 



Female. Testaceous, somewhat darker beneath. Head and 

 fore part of the thorax fawn-colour. Wings slightly speckled with 

 black, with black submarginal points, and with a middle double in- 

 complete serpentine black line. Fore wings with some blackish 

 marks along the costa, with the orbicular mark indicated by a red- 

 dish dot and with the reniform concealed by a curved reddish 

 streak ; the double line is between this streak and an oblique reddish 

 band, which is dilated along the costa and extends there to the tip 

 of the wing, is irregular in outline along its inner side, and is un- 

 dulating along its outer side, where it is accompanied by a brown 

 line parallel to it. Hind wings with a very slight indication of the 

 reddish band. Length of the body 8J lines; of the wings 21 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by R. Terapleton, Esq. 



33. Ophisma attacicola. 



Pallide flava^ nigro subconspersa, subtus lutea ; alee fascia tenui 

 albida obliqua fuscescente marginata, fascia subtus exteriore 

 duplicata nigra ^ anticce falcatce, apice violaceo-cervince, orbi- 

 culari punctiformi^ reniformis margine et macula costali ni- 

 gris^maculis duabus disnalibus fuscis ; posticce macula discali 

 nigricante. Var. (3. — Alee maculis discalibus subobsoletis. 



Pale yellow, minutely speckled with black, luteous beneath, 

 where there is a double black exterior band, which appears only on 

 the fore half of the hind wings, and which may be indistinctly 

 traced above, beyond the slender whitish brownish-bordered band, 

 which extends from the tips of the fore wings to the interior border 

 of the hind wings. Fore wings falcate ; tips fawn-colour, with a 

 lilac tinge ; a black spot on the costa opposite the reniform spo"^ 



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