﻿LEPIDOPTEEA HETEROCERA. 1423 



Ophlusa Chiliensis, Guen. Noct, iii. 270, 1704. 

 Chiii. 



10. Ophiusa profana. 



Mas. Fuscescente-cinerea ; abdomen apice album; alee anticct 

 lineis duabus transversis angustis indistinctis fuscis subundu- 

 latis, orbicuiari e puncto nigricante, reniformi subobsoleta^ 

 fascia exterior e recta obliqua fusca distincta apud costam 

 retracta, punctis marginalibus ; posticcB fascia extus pallida 

 distincte marginata, 



Male. Brownish cinereous. Abdomen with the apical tuft 

 white at the tip. Fore wings with two slender indistinct brown 

 slightly undulating transverse lines ; orbicular mark indicated by 

 a blackish point ; reniform almost obsolete ; a distinct straight ob- 

 lique brown band beyond the second line, retracted by the costa; a 

 row of marginal black points. Hind wings with a band like that 

 of the fore wings, and with a more distinct pale line along the outer 

 side of the band. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 

 18 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



11. Ophiusa delinquens. 



Cervino-cinerece ; caput et thoracis tegulce cervina ; alcB subtus 

 linea exteriore subangulosa fusca ; anticce acutce, purpuras- 

 centes, lineis duabus (la basali postice abbreviata) subrectis 

 ferrugineis, lineis medianis fuscis undulatis indistinctis, linea 

 exteriore obliqua fusca extus ferrugineo marginata, spatio 

 marginali cinereo, linea submarginali pallida nigra punctata, 

 macula marginali fusca, plaga costali cervina, orbicuiari nigra 

 punctiformi, reniformi lata fusco marginata ; posticce fuscce, 

 ciliis cervinis. 



Cinereous, with a slight fawn-coloured tinge. Head and 

 tegulae of the thorax fawn-colour. Wings beneath with an exterior 

 slightly zigzag brown line. Fore wings acute, with a purplish 

 tinge ; two nearly straight ferruginous lines near the base ; the first 

 obsolete h:ndward •, the second having the black punctiform orbicu- 

 lar mark between it and a third line, which is brown and undulating, 

 as are also the indistinct median lines ; reniform mark large^ very 



