ACONTIA. 



65'; 



striga below costa and point on vein 1, the subterminal line by an 

 oblique striga below costa and striga from lower edge of the patch 

 connected with termen by a streak below vein 3; an oblique black 

 striga just below apex ; the termen rufous ; cilia grey-brown with a 

 slight waved dark line through them. Hind wing orange ; the 

 cilia grey-brown from apex to vein 2 ; the underside with a few 

 black scales on apical area. 



Fig. 270. — Acontia intursepta, J*. \, 



Ab. 1. imitata. Fore wing with the wedge-shaped patch reduced 

 to an obliqu.e fascia from termen below apex to median nervure at 

 origin of vein 2, the other markings often more or less reduced. 



Hab. Formosa, 1 5 ; Punjab {James), 1 § , Kangra {Hocking), 

 1 6 ; Bengal, Calcutta, 1 $ ; Ceylon, 1 $ type imitata ; Burma, 

 Moulmein {Clerk), 2 §; Andamans, 5 $; Nicobars, 1 J; Siam, 

 type t duplkata in Mus. Oxon. ; Philippines, Luzon, San Fernando 

 {McGregor), 1 ^ ; Java {Horsfield), 1 $ ; Celebes. Exp. 34-50 

 millim. 



7115. Acontia congenita, n. sp. (Plate CXCI. fig. 16.) 



Head and base of tegute white, the rest of thorax yellow; palpi 

 except at base and in front rufous ; pectus white ; fore and mid 

 tibiae rufous ; abdomen reddish ochreous, the base and ventral 

 surface white, slight dorsal rufous segmental lines. Fore wing- 

 yellow irrorated with a few black scales ; a broad diffused oblique 

 rufous fascia from termen below apex to median nervure at origin 

 of vein 2 ; traces of rufous antemedial points on subcostal nervure 

 and vein 1 ; a point at upper angle of cell and postmedial points 

 below costa and in submedian fold ; a subterminal point below 

 costa ; the termen rufous ; cilia grey-brown with a slight waved 

 dark line through them. Hind wing orange-yellow, the basal area 

 semihyaline white ; cilia brown at middle ; the underside white, 

 the costal area and termen to vein 2 sufFus(}d with orange-j'ellow, 

 the costal area irrorated with a few black scales. 



Ab. 1. Fore wang with the markings almost obsolete. 



Hah. N . Australia, Alexandria {Stalker), 1 c5' , 1 2 type ; 

 Queensland, Cooktown {Lyell), 1 S ; Fiji, Mango I. {Mattheiv), 

 1 (S . Exp. 42-46 millim.' 



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