62 ACONTIID.T,. 



brown, -nith partly black-edged undulated boundary followed by tlirce grey dashes indicating 

 an irregnlar transverse line ; central belt more uniform in width and less irregular than in 

 jri. signlfera, cupreous-brown varied with leaden grey and black instead of pale olivaceous 

 and grey ; the renifonn stigma smaller, transverse oblong, black or grey with a white edge ; 

 the white band beyond the central belt continuous, enclosing a sinuous grey line, this band 

 in the male is vci\y narrow, but in the female broad, — consequently the discal belt, which in 

 the male is broad and of the same colours as the central belt, is restricted in the female and 

 forms a zigzag grey band ; external border grey, bounded internally by a zigzag white line ; 

 a marginal series of black or grey dots, more or less edged with white; fringe white at apex, 

 otherwise metallic leaden grey, with paler stripes in certain lights : secondaries pale shining 

 brownish grey ; fringe silvery grey. Under surface leaden grey in the male, pale shining 

 brown in the female : primaries with a costal spot and the apex whitish or yellowish; abdo- 

 minal half of secondaries whitish ; male with marginal black dots. Expanse of wings, 

 cJ 16 millim., ? 17 niillim. 

 Dharmsala. 



Acontia picata. (Plate CXXIX. fig. 2.) 



Primaries above pure white ; a spot close to base of costa ; an almost central belt with black 

 ^-shaped inner edge and irregular furcate outer edge partly enclosing two spots to repre- 

 sent the reniform stigma; a small dot on the costa above the latter, an irregular apical patch, 

 another near centre of external area varied with black, and a few scattered squamose spots oliva- 

 ceous brown ; two costal dots and an oblique dash on the apical patch white; a golden-brown 

 marginal line ; fringe spotted and mottled with grey : secondaries silvery grey ; fringe yellowish 

 at base : thorax and basal two fifths white, remainder of abdomen pale brown, with two black 

 dorsal tufts; anterior tibiie and tarsi above banded with black and yellow. Under surface 

 creamy whitish : wings sericeous with golden reflections ; primaries partly suffused with 

 grey; basal two thirds of costa blackish, varied with ochreous and sprinkled with white, 

 terminated by an angular wJiite marking ; remainder of costa ochreous; costal fringe spotted 

 with black ; faint greyish indications of two stripes representing a central belt, and a greyish 

 spot at the end of the cell ; outer border white, excepting at apex; a marginal series of black 

 dashes; fringe grey, the base ochreous, the centre enclosing two imperfect white lines, the 

 outer edge varied with black and wliite spots : secondaries with grey-speckled costal third ; 

 the basal third of costal border yellowish : a spot at the end of the cell and an arched discal 

 line dark grey; a marginal series of slender blackish liturtc ; fringe rather paler than in the 

 primaries : palpi blackish at the sides. Expanse of wings 21 millim. 

 Dharmsala. 



"Found on rocks and in roadside cuttings; cocoon of dry earth." A. picata coxaei 

 nearest to A. signiferu, but is a larger and more boldly marked species. 



