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76 noctutdjs. 



6168. Tarache vahlbergi. 



Acontia wahlbergi, Wllgrn. Anteckn. i. Zool. i. p. 58 (185f>) ; id. Svensk 



Vet.-Akad. Hand], p. 67 (1864). 

 Acontia urbani, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 108. f. 35 (1874). 



J. Head and thorax white; palpi and antennae tinged with 

 brown ; fore tibiae and the tarsi brownish ringed with white ; 

 abdomen white with taint greyish dorsal bands. Fore wing pure 

 white ; subbasal line pale brownish grey, double, waved, from 

 costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, waved, erect ; 

 orbicular faintly defined by grey-brown at sides and with a 

 triangular mark above it on costa ; terminal area brownish shading 

 to purple-grey, its inner edge strongly incurved below end of cell 

 and with the indistinctly double brownish postmedial line near its 

 inner edge with tufts of raised blackish scales on it below veins 

 4, 3, 2, a white point beyond it on costa ; subterminal line defined 

 by somewhat dentate cupreous-red marks on its inner side, obso- 

 lescent towards costa, white on inner half, excurved below vein 7 

 and at middle; a terminal series of black striae slightly defined on 

 inner side by white at middle; cilia white at middle, purplish 

 towards apex and at toruus. Hind wing semihyaline white with 

 a dark terminal band narrowing to tornus or confined to apical 

 area ; the underside with dark spot at apex. 



Bab. Golb Coast, Accra (Carter), 1 J ; Nigeria, Borgu, Yelwa 

 L. (Migeod), 3 S ; Natal, Tsipingo (Marshall), 1 J , Durban 

 (Trimen, (joocJi), 4 c? . Exp. 28 millim. 



Larva. Red-brown freckled with blackish, crimson, and white; 

 warts and stigmata blackish ; 1st two pairs of prolegs absent. 



6169. Tarache cyanccraspis, n. sp. (Plate CLXXI1I. fig. 14.) 



S . Head and thorax white mixed with some grey ; palpi 

 fuscous at tips ; antennas brown ; fore tibia; and the tarsi brown, 

 the latter ringed with white ; abdomen ochreous white with dorsal 

 brown bands. Fore wdng pure white ; subbasal line olive-grey, 

 double, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line 

 olive-grey, double, waved, confluent with a patch on medial part 

 of costal area ; a slight black discoidal striga with a small triangular 

 olive-grey spot above it on costa ; terminal area olive-brown 

 shading to deep purple-grey, its inner edge excurved from costa to 

 vein 4, then strongly incurved below the cell to near antemedial 

 line and with the indistinctly double sinuous dark postmedial line 

 near its inner edge with tufts of raised metallic blackish scales on 

 it below veins 4, 3, 2 ; subterminal line represented by a series 

 of somewhat dentate deep cupreous-red marks with a slight waved 

 white line beyond them on inner half and a white striga at costa; 

 a terminal series of black striae slightly defined on inner side by 

 white except towards apex; cilia white at middle, dark towards 

 apex and tornus. Hind wing semihyaline white with a brown 



