1885.] OF BOMBAY AND THE DECCAN. 455 



63. AcoNTiA auiNTANA, 11. sp. (Plate XXVII. fig. 13.) 

 Poona, October and Noveoiber. 



Antennae, palpi, head, and thorax blackish brown ; abdomen white ; 

 ■wings silvery white. Fore wings with blackish bands and lines — one 

 basal, with thin black spots on the margin, fallowed by a sinuous line ; 

 a broad median band, containing a deep black spot, margined with 

 whitish, followed by two interrupted sinuous lines ; an interrupted 

 submarginal band ; and a broken marginal band : hind wiugs un- 

 marked. 



Expanse of wings -^ inch. 



64. AcONTIA SCANDA. 



Acontia seanda, Felder, Reise der Nov. pi. 108. f. 27. 

 Bombay, September. 



65. AcONTIA CROCATA. 



Acontia crocatct, Guenee, Noct. ii. pp. 218, 989. 

 Poona, October ; Bombay, July, August, and September ; very 

 plentiful in Bombay in July. 



06. Acontia firina, n. sp. (Plate XXVII. fig. 5.) 



Poona ; Bombay, November. 



Antennae, palpi, head, and thorax reddish brown ; abdomen 

 whitish. Fore wings pinkish yellow, with black marks along the costa, 

 and black dots, mostly arranged in squares of four dots to each, along 

 the upper part of the wing above the median vein ; hinder margin 

 broadly brown, a brownish thin band from the centre of the hinder 

 margin to the outer margin near the apex, a large square black spot 

 in the centre of this band, a black line from the outer third of the 

 hinder margin, running upwards towards the costa, across the band, 

 joining three squares of black dots that come down from the costa ; 

 the entire space between the band and the hinder angle suffused with 

 brown; marginal points black ; fringe pinkish brown, black towards 

 the hinder angle. Hind wings pale whitish testaceous, with a broad 

 diffused, brownish, marginal border ; marginal line brown ; fringe 

 pale pinkish brown. 



Expanse of wings 1 inch. 



67. Acontia excisa. 



Acontia excisa, Walker, MS. Brit. Mus. Coll. 



Poona, October. 



Antennae, head, thorax, abdomen, and fore wings brownish black; 

 palpi with the first joint reddish brown, second black, last joint very 

 minute and pure white ; abdomen with a white band at the base. 

 Fore wings with broad white antemedial and marginal bands, the 

 former sometimes tinged with reddish, the latter marked with black 

 at the apex, and in the centre two deep black incomplete sinuous 

 medial lines and a white sinuous double outer line, clouded in some 

 specimens, but always distinct on the costa ; reniform mark repre- 

 sented by two deep black spots ; first white band with a line of black 



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