﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1829 



Ophiusa DIFFICILIS. 



Fcem. CinereO'ferruginea ; alee anticce lineis fulvis indistinctis 

 suhangulatis ferrugineo marginatis, reniformi indistincta sub- 

 rotunda cinereo marginnta, macula apicali nigricante-fusca ; 

 posticcB cupreo-f us ca, fimbria cinerea. 



Female, Cinereous-ferruginous, cinereous beneath. Wings 

 lurid-brown and with a cupreous tinge beneath. Fore wings with 

 the usual lines tawny, indistinct, slightly angular, bordered with 

 ferruginous; marginal points blackish; costal subapical points tes- 

 taceous ; reniform mark indistinct, nearly round, with a cinereous 

 ,bovder ; a blackish brown apical spot. Hind wings cupreous-brown ; 

 fringe cinereous. Length of the body 5i lines ; of the wings 

 1)3 lines. 



a, Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



Ophiusa scindens. 



Mas. Cinerea^ ferrugineo conspersa; abdomen fuscescente'cine- 

 reum apice subcompressum ; alee anticce lineis quinque fuscis, 

 macula subapicali atra, reniformi oblonga nigricante -cinerea 

 non excavata ; posticce cervince, linea submarginali testacea, 

 fimbria cinerea ex parte fusca. 



Male. Cinereous, speckled with ferruginous, dingy testaceous 

 beneath. Third joint of the palpi about one-third of the length of 

 the second. Abdomen brownish cinereous, somewhat compressed 

 at the tip. Fore wings with five brown lines ; first line abbreviated 

 hindward; second angular in front; third undulating, somewhat 

 diffuse, contiguous to the inner side of the reniform mark ; fourth 

 undulating; fifth denticulated, joining near the costa a deep black 

 subapical spot; marginal points blackish; costal subapical points 

 whitish; reniform mark oblong, blackish cinereous, not excavated. 

 Hind wings fawn-colour, with a testaceous submarginal line; fringe 

 cinereous, partly brown. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 

 16 lines. 



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



