﻿1418 CATALOGUE OF 



Female. Reddish ferruginous, fawn-colour beneath. Antennse 

 whitish at the base. Abdomen brown, with a reddish ferruginous 

 crest at the base ; under side with white dots along each side. 

 Knees, tarsi and spurs of the tibiag with white points. Fore wings 

 mostly testaceous or pale red, adorned with various deep black 

 Tnarl<s ; first basal extending for a short distance from the costa 

 hindward and there accompanied by a black dot; second forming a 

 very broad interior band, which is slightly indented on its inner 

 side ; third very irregular, concealing thereniform spot, much exca- 

 vated on the fore side, where it is connected with a dark brown 

 costal streak ; the latter interrupted by two testaceous lines, the hind 

 part emitting a line which is there contorted and half includes a 

 black dot; the line, however, is continued almost obsoletely towards 

 the hind border, where it is again distinct and wider ; subapical part 

 of the costa with three testaceous marks, and behind it a little 

 oblique black streak ; two black dots near the interior angle. Hind 

 wings brown. Wings beneath with white marginal dots. Length 

 of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Penang. Presented by Sir W. Norris. 



Genus 19. OPHIUSA. 



Corpus robustum aut sat validum. Proboscis valida, brevius 

 cula. Palpi erecti aut sat validi, subpilosi ; articulus 3us conicus 

 aut lanceolatus, maris brevissimus. Antennae simplices, corporis 

 dimidio valde longiores. Thorax brevis, rotundatus. Abdomen 

 laeve, alas posticas non superans. Pedes sat validi ; tibiae posticas 

 calcaribus longis aut longissimis. Alae validae, latae velutinae non 

 denticulatae ; anticae plus minusve acutae, margine exteriore plus 

 minusve obliquo. Mas. — Antennae vix ciliatae. Abdomen apice 

 subfasciculatum. 



Ophiusa, Giien. Noct. iii. 263. 



Dysgonia, p., H'uhn, Verz, Schett, 269. 



Perasia, p. ? et Phoberia, p. ? Buhn, Verz, Schmeit, 268. 



Ophiusa, p., Ochs.; Treit,; Boisd,; Dup, 



Body robust or rather stout. Proboscis stout, rather short. 

 Palpi vertical, moderately stout, slightly pilose ; third joint conical 

 or lanceolate, very short in the male. Antennae slender, much more 

 than half the length of the body. Thorax short, rounded. Abdomen 

 smooth, cylindric-conical, not extending beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs moderately stout and pilose ; hind tibiae with rather or very 

 long spurs. Wings stout, broad, velvety, not denticulated. Fore 



