﻿1828 CATALOG (IE OF 



1. PSIMADA QUADRIPENNIS. 



FceiD. Albido'cervina ; caput^ thorax antice et abdomen obscuri- 

 ora ; alee antic(B lineis obscurioribus valde indistinctis ; plaga 

 trigona costali subapicali ferruginea extus albo murginata ; 

 posliccB ferruginecej basi pallidiores, plaga postica subfusiformi 

 albido-cervina. 



Female, Whitish fawn-colour. Head, fore part of the thorax, 

 and abdomen except at the base darker-fawn-colour. Fore wings a 

 little darker towards the exterior border and with yery indistinct 

 darker lines ; a triangular ferruginous costal subapical patch, which 

 is bordered with white on the outer side. Hind win^s ferruginous, 

 pale towards the base and with a subfusiform whitish fawn-coloured 

 patch on the exterior border by the interior angle. Length of the 

 body 6 lines; of the wings 17 lines. 



Canara. In the East India Company's Collection. ? 



Page 1422. 



Ophiusa narrans. 



Foem. Ferrugineo-cinerea ; alee anticce costa basali glaucescente, 

 fascia nigricante antice abbreviata^ fascia pallide cinerea 

 albido marginata costam versus ferruginea et extus valde dila- 

 iata^ spatio exleriore nigricante^ linea alba, spatio marginali 

 cinereo ; posticce obscure fuscce. 



Female. Cinereous, with a ferruginous tinge, pale cinereous 

 beneath. Wings beneath lurid, thickly speckled with brown, with 

 a purple tinge towards the exterior border. Fore wings with a 

 glaucous tinge at the base and along the adjoining part of the 

 costa; a blackish band abbreviated in front, followed by a pale ci- 

 nereous band, the latter mostly bordered with whitish, ferruginous 

 and much dilated outward in front, where it includes the large 

 reniform mark; exterior space blackish, including the costal sub- 

 apical whitish points, accompanied by a white line which partly 

 divides it from the cinereous marginal space; marginal festoon 

 brown, with blackish points on the angles. Hind wings dark 

 brown, with the fringe partly testaceous. Length of the body 

 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie*s collection. 



