﻿1420 CATALOGUE OF 



2. Ophiusa Smithii. 



FerrugineO'fusca^ subtus cervina ; abdomen cervinum; alee anticcB 

 violaceo suffusce, fasciis duabus nigro^fuscis intus difftisis 

 extus testaceo marginatis, \a subrecta, 2a biangulata^ macula 

 apicali nigro-fusca z-forrni, punctis submarginalibus nigris ; 

 posticce fascia marginali cinerea apud angulum interiorem di- 

 latata, 



Ophiusa Smithii, Guen, Noct. iii. 266, 1696. 



a. Georgia. From Mr. Abbot's collection. 



3. Ophiusa similis. 



Ferrugineo-fusca, cinereo suffusa, subtus fiisco-cervina ; abdomen 

 fusco-cervinum ; alee anticce lineis transversis ferrugineis den- 

 ticulaiis vix conspicuis, maculis duabus apicalibus trigonis 

 connexis nigro-fuscis ; posticce cervino-fuscce. Var. j3, — Alee 

 anticce fascia lata nigro fusca extus diffusa, 



Ophiusa similis, Guen, Noct. iii. 267, 1697. 



a — ^. Georgia. From Mr. Milne's collection. 



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4. Ophiusa bistriaris. 



Cervino'fusca ; alee subtus et postice supra albido marginatce ; 

 anticce lineis duabus obliquis albidis fusco intus rnarginatis, 

 la recta, 2a subundulata, punctis costalibus apicalibus albis, 

 macula apicali trig ona fusca albido intus marginata, margine 

 exteriore late cinereo, punctis submarginalibus nigris, 



Parallelia bistriaria (Noctua semigeometra, Ascalapha frequens), 

 Hubn. Zutr. ExoL Schmett. i. 15,32, f. 63, 64 ; Verz. Schmett, 

 269, 2638. 



Ophiusa bistriaris, Guen, Noct, iii. 268, 1699. 



a, Georgia. From Mr. Abbot's collection. 



b, c. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Eedman's collection. 



5. Ophtusa consobrina. 



O. Smithii simillima^ obscurior, paullo major, magis violacea ; 

 palpi articulo 3o breviore ; alee anticce iinea yiiedia angulum 

 unicum minus acutum scepissime bifidum fingente, macula 

 apicali majore minus lineari. 



