﻿1424 CATALOGUE OF 



sliofhtly excavated, distinguished by its brown border, and connected 

 with a larger brown ringlet behind it ; exterior line brown, oblique, 

 shaded wilh ferru(j:inousalong its outer side, adjoininjy which by the 

 costa there is a fawn-coloured patch ; marginal space cinereous, 

 with a pale submarginal line, which is distinguished by black 

 points; a large brown mark by the middle of the exterior border. 

 Hind wings brown, with fawn-coloured ciliae. Length of the body 

 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



Venezuela. From Mr. Dysons collection. 



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12» OpHIUSA EXPEDIENS. 



Fuscescente-cervina, suhtus cinerascens ;, alee anticce nigro-fuscce, 

 fascia lata alba subobliqua bene determinata purpurascente^ 

 cervino interlineata^ fascia exteriore rdgrofusca angulum 

 acutum apud marginem interior em fingente, antice dilatata et 

 subangulata albo rnarginata^ spatio marginali pur pur as cent e- 

 albido, plaga apicali nigro-fusca, maculis tribus submargina- 

 libus trigonis fuscis, punctis marginalibus nigris ; posticce 

 fusccE^ margine interiore ciiiisque albis, striga apud angulum 

 interiorem nigra. 



Brownish fawn-colour, more cinereous beneath, where the fore | 

 wings along the costa and most of the surface of the hind wings are 

 covered with purplish white speckles. Fore wings blackish brown, 

 with a broad well-defined slightly oblique white band, whose inner 

 side is fawn-colour, varied with purple; the usual dark space beyond 

 this ends in an acute point near the interior angle, is bordered with 

 white, and is much dilated in front, where it forms a somewhat 

 rounded angle ; three triangular brown spots near the hindward 

 curve ; a blackish brown apical patch ; exterior border purplish 

 whitish, with black points. Hind wings brown, with the exterior 

 border and the cilife white, except at the lips ; a black streak by the 

 interior angle. Wings beneath with whitish cinereous borders ; 

 fore wings with some traces of the white band. Length of the body 

 9 lines ; of the wings 28 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr* Bates' collection. 



