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Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3: Zoology
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Gen. ARGIVA, _Huebner_.
34. Argiva hieroglyphica, _Drury, Ins. Exot._ 11. 3, pl. 2. f. 1
(Noctua).
Inhabits also Madagascar, Hindostan, and Ceylon.
Fam. OPHIUSIDAE, _Guenee_.
Gen. CAECILA, _Walk._
35. Caecila complexa, _Walk. Cat. Lep. Het._ xv. 1825.
Gen. OPHISMA, _Guenee_.
36. Ophisma Umminia, _Cram. Pap. Exot._ 111. 137, pl. 267. f. 7
(Noctua).
Inhabits also Java and Sumatra.
Gen. ACHAEA, _Huebner_.
37. Achaea mercatoria, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ 111. 2, 62. 175. (Noctua).
Inhabits also Hindostan and Java.
Fam. THERMESIDAE, _Guenee_.
Gen. THERMESIA, _Huebner_.
38. THERMESIA? RECUSATA, n. s. _Mas._ Rufescenti-cinerea, robusta,
nigricante conspersa, capite thoraceque antico fuscis; palpis
longissimis ascendentibus subarcuatis; antennis subsetosis, alis linea
exteriore recta obliqua nigricante extus diffusa, linea interiore tenui
subarcuata nigricante, linea submarginali e punctis lineaque marginali
nigris.
_Male._ Reddish cinereous, stout, with blackish speckles. Head and fore
part of the thorax brown. Frontal tuft acute. Palpi very long, slightly
curved, nearly vertical; third joint linear, acute, shorter than the
second. Antennae slightly setose. Abdomen hardly extending beyond the
hind wings. Wings with the speckles here and there confluent; lines
blackish; interior line slender, slightly curved; exterior line
straight, oblique, diffuse on the outer side, extending almost to the
tips of the fore wings; submarginal line represented by points; marginal
line slightly undulating. Fore wings rectangular at the tips; exterior
border slightly bent; its fore part not oblique; orbicular and reniform
marks indistinct. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 16 lines.
Gen. HYPERNARIA, _Guenee_.
39. HYPERNARIA DIFFUNDENS, n. s. _Foem._ Cinerea, robusta, fusco
conspersa; palporum articulo secundo extus fusco, tertio aciculari
longissimo, alarum lineis interiore et exteriore vagis dentatis lineaque
media recta sat obliqua squamis fuscis, punctis marginalibus atris, alis
anticis acutis, orbiculari punctiformi atra, litura reniformi angusta
fusco marginata extus excavata.
_Female._ Cinereous, stout, speckled with brown. Palpi very slightly
curved; second joint brown on the outer side; third acicular, a little
shorter than the second. Antennae minutely setose. Abdomen not extending
beyond the hind wings. Wings with the interior and exterior lines
angulose, diffuse, composed of brown speckles; middle line more oblique,
straight, slender, double, obsolete towards the costa of the fore wings,
bordered with diffuse angular streaks of brown speckles; marginal points
deep black. Fore wings acute; orbicular mark black, punctiform; reniform
narrow, brown, bordered, excavated on the outer side; exterior border
slightly convex. Length of the body 10 lines; of the wings 22 lines.
Gen. UGIA, _Walk._
40. Ugia disjungens, _Walk. Cat. Lep. Het._ xv. 1860.
Fam. PLATYDIDAE, _Guenee_.
Gen. MASCA, _Walk._
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