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OpHIUSA? OBHiERENS. 



Foem. Testacea ; palporum articulus Sus gracillimus, 2i dimidio 

 longior ; abdomen suhalbidum ; alee anticce pallide purpuras- 

 cente-rufcB, nigra suhconspersce^ margine interiore subangulato, 

 linea exteriore nigra tenui obliqua arcuata^ linea submarginali 

 undulata subdenticulata intus ferrugineo extus nigro mar- 

 ginata, spatio marginali cano, punciis marginalibus elongatis 

 nigris^ orbiculari et guita posteriore nigris^ reniformi nigri- 

 cante sat angusta non excavata ; posticce albidce^ margine lato 

 fuscescente. 



Female, Testaceous. Third joint of the palpi very slender, 

 more than half the length of the first. Abdomen almost whitish. 

 Fore wings pale lilac-red, slightly speckled with black; interior 

 border slightly angular near the base; the usual lines obsolete, 

 except the exterior and the submargiual; exterior line black, very 

 slender, curved and oblique; submarginal line undulating, slightly 

 denticulated, irregularly bordered with ferruginous on the inner 

 side and with black on the outer side; marginal space hoary, with 

 elongated black marginal points ; a black dot in the disk behind 

 the orbicular mark, which is also a black dot ; reniform blackish, 

 rather narrow, not excavated. Hind wings whitish, with broad 

 brownish borders. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 

 18 lines. 



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



Ophiusa conjunctura. 



Foem. Ferrugineo-fusca ; abdomen fuscescente-cinereum ; alee 

 anticcB purpurascente-fuscce, cupreo-fusco nebulosce, lineis \ 

 tribus strigaque arcuata pallidis, macula apicali cupreo-fusca, ; 

 maculis marginalibus nigricantibus ; posticce ceneo-fuscce. 



Female. Ferruginous-brown, brownish cinereous beneath. 

 Abdomen brownish cinereous. Fore wings purplish brown, partly 

 shaded with cupreous-brown, which hue is interrupted by three pale 

 lines; first and second lines straight and upright; third slightly 

 curved and oblique, abbreviated in front, where the dark hue is 

 bounded by a pale curved streak ; a cupreous-brown apical spot ; 



