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LEPIDOPTERA. 



Ophiusa : with the " anterior wings brown, with a longitudinal green daub ; 

 posterior pair yellowish, with a lunar spot and border of black." Expanse of 

 the wings, 3 inches. 



Donovan observes that " this moth agrees entirely with the Noctua Dioscoreze of 

 Fabricius, (Ent. Syst. t. 3, p. 2, p. 16, n. 26.) except in having a large green streak 

 on the upper wings. It appears, indeed, to have been hitherto confounded with that 

 species, either as a sexual difference, or variety ; but we are persuaded it is neither. 

 Both sexes of N. Dioscorese, in particular, have occurred to our observation, without 

 this streak. Found in Bengal." It should be observed, however, that Fabricius, not 

 only in this, but also in the allied species Materna, (figured by Drury, vol. 2, t. 13.) 

 states that the colour of the anterior wings is liable to great variation. The emargina- 

 tion of the posterior margin of the fore wings in this figure, is also noticed by Fabricius 

 under Dioscorea?, and is probably a sexual character. 



EREBUS HIEROGLYPHICUS. 



Plate LIV. fig. 3. 



Genus. Erebus, Latreille. Thysania, Balm. Noctua, Fabricius. 



Species. Erebus Hieroglyphicus : alis dentatis, atris ; anticis fascia subapicali abbreviata 

 albida maculaque subocellari ; posticis margine bisinuato. Expans. alar. unc. 



3 i— h 

 Erebus : with the wings dentated, black ; the anterior with a short whitish line 

 near the tip, and a large central ocellated spot ; the posterior immaculate with 

 two deep notches. Expanse of the wings, 3 1 — § inches. 

 Stw. Phalsena (Noctua) hieroglyphica, Drury App. vol. 2, pi. 2, fig. 1. Oliv. Enc. Meth. 

 8. 253. Fair. Ent. Syst. III. 2. p. 11. 

 Phalsena Magdouia, Cramer Pap. pi. 174, fig. F. 



" Common in the East Indies." — Donovan. 



