﻿1832 CATALOGUE OF 



Ophiusa derogans. 



Foein. Fuscescente-cinerea ; alee anticcc subglaucescenf.es ^ fasciis 

 duahus lads cupreo-fuscis, la subrecia, 2a extus biangulata^ 

 macula apicali nigricante ; posticce ceneo tinctce. 



Female. Brownish cinereous. Fore wings with a glaucous 

 tinge ; two broad cupreous-brown bands ; the first almost straight 

 and upright ; the second forming two large angles on its outer side ; 

 apical spot blackish. Hind wings with an aeneous tinge. Length 

 of the body 6 lines; of the wings 13 lines. 



a. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 



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Ophiusa? pallidilinea. 



Fcera. Cervina ; caput el thorax antice fusca; alee anticce nigro 

 subconspersce ; alee anticce puncto basali maculaque parva 

 postica interiore nigris, linea exteriore albida recta tenui vix 

 obliqua, orbiculari et reniformi e punctis duobus albis ; pos- 

 ticce cinerece, fascia obliqtia pallida. 



Female, Fawn-colour, more cinereous beneath. Head, fore 

 part of the thorax and of the pectus and some parts of the legs 

 brown. Fore wings minutely and transversely speckled with black, 

 with a black point at the base ; a small black spot near the base of 

 the interior border, emitting a short branch outward ; a whitish ex- 

 terior, straight, slender, hardly oblique line ; orbicular and reniform 

 marks hardly indicated by two white points. Hind wings cinereous, 

 with a pale oblique band. Length of the body 7 lines; of the 

 wings 16 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



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Ophiusa senex. 



Fcem. Fusca; abdomen cinereum ; alee anticce obscure cupreo- 

 fuscce, fascia media lata albida vix obliqaa, spatio marginali 

 pallidiore subglaucescente^ linea intermedia undulata albida^ 

 linea submarginali cinerea denticulata valde indistincta, 

 maculis subapicali et apicali nigricantibus ex parte albido 

 marginatis; posticce ceneo-fuscce, fascia albida. 



