﻿1426 CATALOGUE OP 



16. Ophiusa propeeans. 



Foem. Obscure fusca, sublus cinerea out fuseescens; al(S subtus 

 margine exteriore albido ; anticce fascia subpurpurascente- 

 albida apud medium contracta, spatio exteriore obscuro postice 

 attenuato linea albida marginato, maculis duabus apicalibus 

 connexis obscure fuscis, spatio submarginali cinereOy margine 

 exteriore albido ; posticce fuscce, fascia diffusa ciliisque 

 albidis. 



Female. Dark brown, cinereous or brownish beneath, excepting 

 the exterior border of the winj^-s, which is whitish. Abdomen cincr 

 reous-brown. Fore wings with a whitish band, which is slightly 

 tinged with purple, and is sli<?htly widened towards each end, its 

 sides being slightly concave ; the dark brown space beyond is much 

 narrower hindward, and is bounded by an undulating whitish line, 

 which towards the costa forms a rounded angle, the latter being 

 contiguous to two dark brown connected apical spots ; a cinereous- 

 brown interval succeeds this line, and the exterior border is whitish. 

 Hind wings brown, with a diffuse whitish band and with whitish 

 ciliae. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



a. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 



b. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



Var. /3. — Fore wings with the whitish band narrower ; angle 

 formed by the exterior line much less prominent. 



c. West Africa. From Mr. Fraser s collection. 



Madagascar, &c. 



17. Ophiusa angularis. 



Violaceo -cinerea ; palpi graciles ; abdomen pallide cinereum^ punc- 

 tis lateralibus albidis ; alee anticce fasciis iribus nigris^ \a 

 2aque intus nigricante nebulosis, \a subrecta, 2a triangulan, 

 3a submarginali tenui pallidiore, litura subapicali nigra ; 

 posticce nigricante-cinerece^ ciliis ad partem pallidioribus, 



Ophiusa angularis, Boisd. Faune Ent, Mad, Lep. 103, 6, pi. 13, f. 

 2. Guen. Noct. iii. 266, 1694. 



Madagascar. Mauritius. 



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