﻿1432 CATALOGUE OF 



29. Ophiusa conficiens. 



Mas et foem. Nigricante-fusca, suhtus pallide fusca testaceo 

 varia ; alee anticce fascia Jlavo-albce parallela bene deter- 

 minata vix obliqua, tinea submarginali alba tenui undulata 

 flexa^ linea marginali ciliisque albis, punctis marginalibus 

 nigris ; posticce fuscce, fascia discali strigaque marginali 

 albidis, litiira nigra cyaneo conspersa apud angulum in- 

 teriorem. 



Male and female. Blackish browD, pale brown varied with 

 testaceous beneath. Abdomen brown. Third joint of the palpi 

 shorter than in most species. Fore wings with a parallel well- 

 defined hardly oblique yellowish white band, which contains very 

 few brown speckles; submarginal line white, slender, undulating, 

 bent, here and there touching the marginal line, which, like the 

 ciliie, is also white ; a row of black marginal points. Hind wings 

 brown, with a whitish band, and with a whitish marginal streak; a 

 blue-speckled blackish mark by the interior angle. Length of the 

 body 8 — 9 lines; of the wings 20 — 22 lines. 



a, h. North Hindostan. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



30. Ophiusa festinata. 



dia I 



Foem. Fusca, suhtus fusco-cinerea ; aloe anticce lineis duahus 

 transversis albis intus nigro marginatis, fascia intermedia 

 purpureo-albida, linea exteriore valde undulata, maculis 

 duabus apicalihus nigricantibus, linea exteriore pallida 

 denticulata, margine exteriore cinerascente ; posticce apud 

 marginem exteriorem posiicum cinerascentes, fascia discali 

 strigaque ciliari albis. 



Female. Brown, brownish cinereous beneath, where the wings 

 are brownish exteriorly, and have a whitish exterior border. Fore 

 wings with two transverse while lines, which are bordered vyith 

 black on the inner side; first line slightly curved outward, bounding 

 the inner side of a purplish whitish band, which is somewhat difiuse 

 on the outer side; exterior line very undulating, forming in front a 

 much rounded angle, near which are two blackish apical spots; 

 exterior line pale, denticulated ; a cinereous tinge on the wings 

 between it and the exterior border. Hind wings cinereous along 

 the hind part of the exterior border, with a white discal band and 



