76 



ARCTIAD.¥.. 



a'iglod on vein 1 : a welnjo-shupofl brown mark on costa towards 

 apex ; tho terminal area with brownish suffusion and fine black 



Fig. 20.— Zia tactalis, $. 



streaks on tho veins ; a terminal brown line ; cilia gre}', with a 

 darker line through them. Hind wing suffused with brown. 



I/iih. N. S. Wales, Morcton Bay (Diggles), 1 cJ type, Sydney 

 (Darnel), 1 c? , 3 $ , type horridella. Evp., d 30, $ 34 millim, 



Sect. II. Palpi projecting about tlie length of head ; fore wing short and 

 broad. 



A. Fore wing with dark triangular patch on costa from base 



to end of cell aconfioides. 



B. Fore wing with dark triangular patch from medial part of 



costa to below angle of cell laminafa. 



C. Fore wing without da'-k patches ; grey, with a lunulate black 



spot at upper angle of cell lunisigna. 



157. Zia acontioides. 



Pisara acontioides. Wlk.'Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. vi. p. 118 (18(i2) ; Swinh. 

 Cat. Het. Mus. Oxou. p. lo2, pi. iv. f. 10 ; Kirby, Cat. Hot. p. 381. 



c? . Silvery white ; palpi fuscous at sides ; abdomen tinged with 

 fuscous. Fore wing with triangular brown patch on costa, irrorated 

 with leaden silvery scales from base to middle of wing, and with 



tufts of brown and leaden scales 



on it near base, at middle and 



upper -angle of cell ; a tuft of 



white scales at lower analo of 



cell ; a few brown scales forming 



;^ faint traces of a medial line : the 



])ostmcdial line angled at vein 6, 



Fig. 21.— Zia acontioides, S^. \. formed by bosses of leaden scales, 



(From Moths Tnd. vol. ii.) the area beyond it fuscous except 



towards costa ; traces of a sub- 

 terminal line with leaden scales on it. Hind wing white, tinged 

 with fuscous towards termen. 



Hah. Ceylox, Nawalaj.itya (Green), 2 J ; Borxeo, Sarawak 

 (WaUace), type t in Mus. Oxon. Exp. 20 millim. 



