﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1435 



Ophiasa iuterpensa, Guen, Noct, iii. 26c), 1701. 

 Java. 



Australia. 

 35. Ophiusa. pyrrhargyra. 



Rufescente-fusca ; caputs thorax anticus, pectus et pedes ad partem 

 crocea ; aloe ciliis niveis ; an ticce fascia media nivea recta 

 subobliqua, iineis transversis nigris subobsoletis, ciliis apud 

 anguluia iateriorem nigris; posticce obscure fuscce, ciliis 

 apiculibus et analibus. 



Reddish brown. Head, fore part of the thorax, pectus, and 

 part of the legs, bright saffron-colour. Wings vvitn snow-white 

 ciliae, the white hue extending beneath to the exterior border. 

 Fore wings with a regular, straight, slightly oblique snow-white 

 middle band; the usual transverse lines black, almost obsolete; 

 ciliae black by the interior angle. Hind wings dark-brown ; cilias 

 black at the tips and by the interior angle. Length of the body 

 j 8 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



I a. Sydney. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 



b. Australia. Presented by the late Earl of Derby. 



c. Australia. From Mr. Milne's collection. 



Country unknown. 

 36. Ophiusa redditura. 



Foem. Ferrugineo-fusca, subtus cervina ; abdomen cervinum ; alee 

 anticce ad partem purpurascente tinctce, fasciis duabus 

 nigro-fuscis intus fuscis et valde diffusis extus albido margi- 

 natis, la vix arcuata, 2a postice intus arcuata antice angulata, 

 litura apicali obliqua atra, margine exteriors cinereo, tinea 

 marginali tenui fusca subundulata; posticce fuscescente- 

 cervincB. 



Female. Ferruginous-brown, fawn-colour beneath. Abdomen 

 fawn-colour. Fore wings with a pale lilac tinge on part of the 

 surtace, and with two blackish brown bauds, which are brown and 

 very diffuse on the interior side, and have whitish exterior borders ; 

 first band hardly curved ; second curved inward along the hind part 

 and forming an almost right angle in front, where it approaches a 

 deep black oblique apical mark ; exterior border cinereous, with a 



