318 On new Species 0/ Acontiiilse. 



niitldle of tlie costa intersected by a brown line and sur- 

 rounded bv dark brown suffusion, two small round orange 

 spots in the suft'usion near the lower outer end of the square 

 patch ; transverse lines dark brown, the first subbasal, the 

 second and third anteniedial, somewhat close together and 

 parallel with each other, very sinuous, ending outwards to 

 the middle of the hinder margin, the outer one at its upper 

 end edging the inner side of the square orange patch ; two 

 similar lines from the costa beyond the middle to the hinder 

 margin near the hinder angle, the upper portion of the inner 

 one edging the small round orange spots ; a short pale brown 

 band on the costa near the apex of the wing, which is attached 

 to a broader pale brown marginal band which narrows hind- 

 ward to a point at the hinder angle ; cilia dark brown : hind 

 wing grey, whitish at the costal space, the outer margin 

 sufi'used with brown ; cilia grey. Palpi, head, and thorax 

 brown, the fore pait of the thorax with ochreous hairs, the 

 first two joints of the palpi with a white line beneath ; abdo- 

 men dark grey. Underside: body and wings grey, the cell- 

 space of the fore wing suffused with brown ; pectus white. 



Expanse of wings, $ , 1-^^ inch. 



Hab. Cape York. 



Resembles M. fortis * mihi, from Xew Guinea, but is 

 much smaller, the orange patch of the fore wing is differently 

 shaped, and tiie outer transverse lines are different. 



Acontia elima, nov. 



? . Fore wing milk-white with very minute chocolate- 

 coloured irrorations; the markings pale chocolate-brown ; an 

 indistinct short line from the costa at the base ; a band of 

 conjoined somewhat square marks from the costal third to 

 near the middle of the hinder margin, the band consisting of 

 two somewhat sinuous lines crossed by six lines forming the 

 squares ; a somewhat similar but broader band divided by the 

 cross-lines into four parts, its upper portion somewhat 

 suffused, the band extending from the costa beyond the 

 middle to near the hinder angle, its lower half with a short 

 pale brown band attached to its outer side ; a triangular pale 

 brown patch on the outer margin a little above the middle ; 

 cilia pale orange with brown spots, except at its upper and 

 lower parts, where it is concolorous with the wings with 



* Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (9j ii. p. 72 (1918). 



