LEOCYMA. — ACONTIA. 35 



black ; the latter are brown, with greenish pupil and iris ; eostal margin spotted with black ; 

 a black subapical dash; a blackish-edged pale marginal macular stripe: secondaries bright 

 oclircous, basi-abdominal area testaceous; costal border broadly smoky brown; a large spot 

 at the end of the cell and a broad external border black : thorax pale greenish, the collar and 

 teguke striped with brown; abdomen greyish brown. Primaries below whity brown and 

 grey; discoidal and internal areas yellowish; a broad patch on the disk and an irregular 

 subcostal streak confluent with it black : secondaries with the abdominal area ochreous, 

 otherwise nearly as above. Expanse of wings 41 rnillim. 

 Darjiling (Reid If Lidderdale) . 



There can be no doubt that Capt. Rcid's specimen was obtained at Darjiling. 



ACONTIIDiE. 



LEOCYMA, Gum. 



Leocyma cygnus. (Plate CX. fig. 3.) 

 Chasmina cygnus, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. is. p. 147. n. 1 (185(1). 



Shining snow-white ; apical half of costal border of primaries, external border of these 

 wings, and top of head slightly brownish ; face flesh-coloured ; tibiae and tarsi of front legs 

 ochreous, spotted with black. Expanse of wings 41 millim. 



North India. 



The genus Chasmina, founded by Walker for the reception of this and another species, 

 was referred by him first to the Leucaniidre, and subsequently to the Glottulidse. 



ACONTIA, Ochs. 

 Acontia judicata. (Plate CX. fig. 2.) 

 Acontia judicata, Walker, Cat. Lip. Het. xv. p. 1760 (1858). 



Shining snow-white : primaries with four black costal spots at regular intervals, the first 

 close to the base and the last at external third ; the third of these spots continued obliquely 

 downwards, by a testaceous line sprinkled with black scales, to the subcostal vein ; the fourth 

 spot forming the commencement of a slightly oblique and sinuous transverse discal testaceous 

 line which extends to the inner margin; a marginal series of very delicate black dashes; 

 fringe very long, traversed by two pale lines, the inner one testaceous. Primaries below with 

 the last black costal spot and the marginal black dashes of the upper surface, but no other 

 markings ; front legs spotted with black. Expanse of wings 29 millim. 

 North India. 



This species has much the aspect of a Leocyma ; but diners in the form of its palpi, which 

 are curved upwards to above the level of the head. 



