Lepidojjtera from Kiukiang. 133 



blackish submarginal line ; this last is edged externally with 

 whitish, space between the two lines filled up with dark brown, 

 and intersected from the costa to below median nerve by an 

 angulated black line, a row of black dots, and a thin wavy black 

 line along the outer margin ; reniform stigma whitish, indistinctly 

 outlined, from its external edge, which is bordered with black, a 

 short black dash is projected in the direction of outer margin. 

 Secondaries greyish brown, central line and outer margin darker. 

 Fringes greyish, paler at their base. Head and thorax ashy grey, 

 collar darker; abdomen greyish brown, darker on the last seg- 

 ments. Under surface of all the wings greyish brown, shaded with 

 fuscous towards outer margins ; discal spot and interrupted band- 

 like central shade fuscous. 

 Expanse, 46 mm. 



Two male specimens. 



176. Penicillaria qeyeri, Feld., Reise der Nov., t. ex., 

 fig. 23. 



Two examples, each differently coloured. 



177, Callopistria purimreofasciata, Filler, t. 6, 2 (1783). 



Calloinstria pteridis, Fabr., Ent. Syst., 90 (1791). 

 C exotica, Guen., Noct., ii., 294, 1097. 

 C. duplicans, Walk,, Cat. Lep. Het., xii., p. 866, n. 14 

 (1857). 



A variable series, among which are specimens exactly 

 identical with examples from Europe and others which 

 agree with exotica, Guen., and duplicans. Walk. 



178. Acontia hicolora, n. s. (PL IX., figs. 7 c? , 7^ 2 ). 

 Male. Primaries : basal two-thirds canary-yellow, outer third 

 reddish brown, with a broad lilacine fascia-like patch extending 

 fi-om the inner margin nearly to apex, parallel with outer margin ; 

 the boundary line separating the exterior portion from the basal is 

 rather darker, and projects into the latter for a short distance just 

 below the anterior margin. Fringes dark brown, with a patch of 

 whitish at the apex. Secondaries dark brown, fringes whitish, inter- 

 sected by a dark gi-eyish line. Head and thorax canary-yellow ; 

 abdomen dark grey, segmental divisions paler. Under surface of 

 all the wings fuscous, with a patch of yellow on the anterior 

 margin of each wing near the apex, and an ill-delined \ellu\v line 



