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Gen. AcH^A, Hubn. 



412. AcH^A ATRiviTTA, n. s. Fam. Fusca, subtus testaceo-cinerea» 

 alis anticis chalybeo-ferrugineis, linea atra recta obliqua, lineis tribus 

 nigris deviis, lituris nonnuUis testaceis, alis posticis macula discali 

 alba, fimbria albo binotata. 



Female. Brown, testaceous-cinereous beneath. Third joint of the palpi 

 pale with a blackish band, much shorter than the 2nd, and less than 

 half its breadth. Fore wings ferruginous with a chalybeous bloom, 

 and with a straight somewhat irregular deep black line which extends 

 from the base to a little in front of the interior angle, some irregular 

 testaceous marks here and there, and three irregular black lines ; 

 marginal festoon black ; under side with ahindward dark brown stripe 

 and two dark brown bands. Hind wings with a white discal spot j 

 fringe with two white marks ; under side with a brown discal lunule, 

 with a zigzag brown line, and with two exterior partly connected 

 bands. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



413. AcH^A SEMiPALLTDA, n. s. Mus. Fusca, alis anticis costa mar- 

 gineque exteriore albido-cervinis, margine interiore fuscescente, vitta 

 obliqua informi nigra, striga apicali lata fusca nigro marginata, lineis 

 duabus indistinctis transversis, orbiculari et reniformi atris, alis pos- 

 ticis albo trimacuiatis, fimbria albo binotata. 



Male. Brown; under side pale cinereous with a testaceous tinge. Abdo- 

 men paler than the thorax, and with a cinereous tinge. Wings beneath 

 with markings much like those of A. atrivitta. Fore wings whitish, 

 fawn-colour along the costa and about the exterior border, brownish 

 along the interior border, with a black irregular stripe which extends 

 from the base to a little in front of tlie interior angle, and with a broad 

 brown irregularly black-bordered streak along the apical part of the 

 costa ; two irregular indistinct transverse lines ; orbicular and reniform 

 marks deep black, the former punctiform, the latter of the usual 

 shape. Hind wings with three white spots, and with two white marks 

 on the fringe. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



Nearly allied to A. signivitta. 



414. AcHiBA PURPUREILINEA, n. s. Foem. Cervina, alis anticis strigis 

 transversis lineisque tribus fuscis, linea 3* duplicata valde arcuata, 

 linea submarginali undulata ex parte purpurea, reniformi pallida albo 

 marginata, annulo posteriore oblongo fusco, alis posticis albido tri- 

 macuiatis, fimbria albido binotata. 



Female. Fawn-colour. Abdomen cinereous brown. Wings beneath 

 much like those of the two preceding species. Fore wings with 

 numerous transverse brown streaks which are partly confluent j two 

 interior brown lines and one exterior line which is double and much 

 curved; submarginal line undulating, purple in front and hindward ; 

 submarginal points black ; interior border cinereous, tinged with pur- 

 ple ; orbicular mark punctiform ; reniform pale, white-bordered, trans- 

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