74 Colonel C. Swinlioe on neio 



dorsal hlack dots. Underside: both vvino-s palo i)inkish red, 

 hinder mar<riiial space of fore wing glistening white, the base 

 and abdominal half of hind wing whitisli ; body and legs 

 white ; upperside of legs pinkish red. 



Expanse of wings, ? , 1\ inch. 



Ilah. Palhi Hills, Bandoia, near Bombay. 



Acontia doherfi/i, nov. 



? . Paljti yellow, its npperside dark brown ; head, thorax, 

 and fore wing bright clear yellow, very uniform in colour : fore 

 wing with the markings dark chocolate-brown, costal line 

 chocolate-brown, subbasal line hardly visible, antemedial line 

 inwardly curved obliquely from the costa, one-third from the 

 apex, then inwardly curved to the hinder margin one-third 

 from the hinder angle, forming a very acute angle above its 

 middle, its jjoint continued to the outer margin below the apex; 

 a curved line from the costa before the apex to the end of the 

 other line beh')w the apex; postniedial line similar in shape, its 

 point with a line connecting it with the antemedial line at its 

 middle; a spot at the upper end of the cell, a fine anteciliary 

 line, and dark chocolate-brown cilia : hind wing yellowisli 

 white, without markings ; cilia pale chocolate-brown. Under- 

 side : both wings yellowish white, without markings. 



Expanse of wrings Ij*, inch. 



Hab. Sambawa Island, west of Java {Doherty). 



Asontia talauta, nov. 



cJ . Palpi, head, thorax, and fore wing dark chrome- 

 yellow : fore wing with the lines rufous, antemedial line very 

 acutely outwardly augleil to a point on the median vein, then 

 inwardly oblique to tlie hinder margin at the basal third ; 

 postmedial line similarly shaped, commencing on the costa 

 near the apex and ending on the hinder margin a little beyond 

 the middle | a slightly curved short line from the costa one- 

 fourth from the apex, almost parallel with the upper part of 

 the postmedial line; a black dot close to the apex of the 

 wing, the outer marginal space broadly suflfused with dark 

 red-brown, its innei side irregular and highly curved; much 

 as in A. trani^versa, Guen. ; outer margin of the wing vvitli a 

 line of yellow lunules, cilia dark brown : hind wingyellowish 

 white, nearly white, no markings, marginal line yellow and 

 sinuous, cilia brown. Underside pale yellowish grey, the 

 hinder marginal space of the fore wing and inner portion of 



