﻿LEPlDOriERA HETEROCERA. 1831 



marp:inal spots blackisb ; costal subapical spots white. Hind wini(s 

 aeneous-brown. Length ol" the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 

 2, h. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



Ophiusa judicans. 



Foem. Obscure cinerea ; alee anticce subglaucescentes, fusco sub- 

 consppi^sce, lineis quinque fusco marginatis^ba maculam nigri- 

 cante-fuscam includente, reniformi magna subquadraia nigra 

 extus furcata ; posticts lineis duabus obscuris indislinctis 

 denticulatis, margine exteriore subglaucfscente. 



Female. Dark cinereous, a little paler beneath. Fore wings 

 with a t;laucous tiuije, minutely speckled with brown ; lines a little 

 paler than the ground-colour, bordered with brown ; first line abbre- 

 viated hindward ; second straight and upright; third angular; 

 fourth much contorted, limited in front by the reniform mark ; tiflh 

 denticulated, forked towards the costa, where it includes a blackish 

 brown spot; reniform mark black, subquadrate, forked exteriorly. 

 Hind wings with two indistinct denticulated dark lines; a glaucous 

 tinge along the exterior border. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the 

 wings 16 lines. 



a. Port Natal. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Ophiusa? abnegans. 



Fermginea ; abdomen cinereum ; alee anticce fas ciis duabus macu- 

 laque snbapicali nigricantibns,illis intus dijf'usis extus concisis 

 pallidoque marginatis^ macula parva apicali nigricante ; pos- 

 iicce aneo-fuscce, subcinerascentes. 



Ferruginous, more cinereous beneath. Abdomen cinereous. 

 Fore wings with two blackish irregular bands and an irregular 

 blackish subapical spot, which are diffuse on the inner side, concise 

 and bounded by a pale line on the outer side ; the first widening 

 hindward ; the second wide towards the costa, where the line which 

 bounds it is white and very distinct ; subapical spot almost conti- 

 guous to a smaller apical blackish spot. Hind wings aeneous- 

 brown, with a slight cinereous tinge. Length of the body 6 lines; 

 of the wings 15 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



