OK SARAWAK HETEEOCEROUS LEPIDOPTERA 49 



Catalogue of the Heterocerous Lcpidopterous Insects collected at 

 Sarawak, in Borneo, by Mr. A. E. Wallace, with Descriptions 

 of New Species. By Francis Walker, Esq., E.L.S. 



[Continued from vol. vi. p. 198.] 



Fam. ACONTID^, Guen. 

 Gren. Xantiiodes, Ou^n. 



270. Xanthodes intersepta, Guen. Noct. ii. 212. J)79. 

 Inhabits also Hindostan and Ceylon. 



Qen. AcoNTiA, Ochs. 



271. AcoNTiA MARGiNALis, n. s. Mas et Fam. Albida, capite tho- 

 raceque antico subochraceis, alis anticis acutis bilineatis, costa spatio- 

 que marginali oehraceis, striga marginal! alba. 



Male and Female. Whitish. Head and fore part of the thorax tinged 

 with ochraceous. Palpi ascending; 2nd joint curved ; 3rd lanceolate, 

 about half the length of the 2nd. Antenna: of the male hardly pu- 

 bescent. Fore wings acute ; costa and marginal sjiace ochraceous ; 

 this hue very irregular in outline, but most prevalent in front, where it 

 includes a white marginal streak ; two oblique lines, the exterior one 

 black-speckled, more distinct than the other. Length of the body 

 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines, 



272. AcoNTiA LEUCOPHyEA. Mas. Alba, subiridescens, alis anticis 

 apice subrotundatis, linea obliqua vix arcuata ]nmctoque discali fuscis, 

 strigis tribus costalibus subapicalibus nigris, punctis marginalibus 

 nigris, alis posticis nigro-cinereis. 



Male. White, shining, slightly iridescent, blackish cinereous beneath. 

 Palpi ascending, smooth ; 2nd joint curved ; 3rd lanceolate, less than 

 half the length of the 2nd. Antenn<e minutely pubescent. Abdomen 

 attenuated, extending somewhat beyond the hind wings. Fore wings 

 slightly rounded at the tips, with a hardly curved brown line which 

 extends from the tips to near the base of the interior border ; discal 

 point brown ; three minute black streaks towards the tip of the costa : 

 space along the interior border with some brown speckles, a few of 

 which are confluent ; marginal points black. Hind wings blackish 

 cinereous. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



273. AcoNTiA RosEO-NiVEA, n. s. Mas. Alba, capite ferrugineo, alis 

 fascia subraarginali fusca, spatio marginali roseo, alis anticis acutis 

 puncto discali nigro liturisque costalibus fuscis, 



Male. White, with a testaceous tinge beneath. Head ferruginous. 

 Palpi short, slender, pon-ect, not extending beyond the head. An- 

 tennae distinctly pubescent. Wings with an irregular brown submar- 

 ginal band ; marginal space with a rosy tinge. Fore wings acute, 

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