366 Mr. A. G. Butler on new Species of 



Acontiidge. 



45. Acontia noloides, n. sp. (no. 767). 



Allied to A. signifera. Primaries above chalky white, a 

 semicircular costal brown spot at basal fourth, two or 

 three black dots at base ; a grey spot towards the middle 

 of the interno-median interspace ; a rather irregular, cen- 

 tral, brown band enclosing the reniform spot, which is 

 represented by two black dots enclosed in a white 8-shaped 

 figure ; an indistinct blackish zigzag line just beyond the 

 band, followed by an interrupted grey discal belt ; an inter- 

 rupted red-brown marginal border enclosing externally white- 

 edged black dots ; fringe pale pinky brown, spotted and edged 

 with blackish : secondaries pale greyish brown, with creamy 

 whitish fringe: thorax white, with brown-edged collar; abdo- 

 men brown. Primaries below brown, with pale-bordered, 

 black, marginal dots ; fringe whitish, spotted and edged with 

 blackish : secondaries sordid white, costal area grey-speckled ; 

 two grey discal stripes, the inner one indistinct ; discocellular 

 spot and a marginal series of dots blackish : body brown, 

 legs pale. Expanse of wings 8 lines. 



The primaries above are marked somewhat as in Nola 

 Candida. 



46. Acontia arefacta, n. sp. (no. 769) . 



Primaries above with the basal third sordid white, limited 

 externally by a slightly angulated black line ; external two- 

 thirds pale golden brown, crossed in a line with the end of 

 the cell by a very irregular, internally black-edged, white 

 line, just beyond which the ground-colour is also whitish ; 

 orbicular and reniform spots represented by white-edged black 

 dots ; a very irregular, sinuated, submarginal, white line ; 

 fringe creamy white, traversed by a grey line : secondaries 

 pale brown, with basal and costal areas whitish ; fringe as in 

 primaries : body sordid white. Wings below altogether paler 

 than above ; a grey discal line. Expanse of wings 9 lines. 



Anthophilidse. 

 47. Anthophila hebescens, n. sp. (no. 770). 



Primaries above buff; a broad, indistinct, oblique, yel- 

 lowish-edged, rosy belt across the disk ; outer border and 

 fringe tinted with rose-colour : secondaries greyish brown, 

 with whitish fringe : body whity brown. Under surface 

 chalky white ; primaries with a greyish median suffusion. 

 Expanse of wings 9 lines. 



This is a dull little species. 



