1632 CATALOGUE OF 



ACIDALIA PERACTARIA. 



Foem. Albida; caput nigrum, vertice albo ; palpi nigri, porrecti, 

 caput non superantes ; alee puncto medio punctisque margin - 

 alibus minimis nigris, lineis quinque cinereis subdenticulalis. 



Female. Whitish. Head black, white between the antennae, 

 which are white towards the base. Palpi black, porrect, smooth, 

 not extending" beyond the head ; third joint conical, very minute. 

 Antennae and legs slender. Wings moderately broad, with five 

 slightly denticulated cinereous lines; a black point in the disk, 

 contiguous to the second line ; marginal points black, very minute. 

 Fore wings acute ; exterior border convex, rather oblique. Length 

 of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



New Guinea. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



ACIDALIA STJBLINEARIA. 



Fcem. Albida ; caput nigrum, verlice albo ; palpi porrecti, breves, 

 graciles, supra nigri ; abdominis segmenla fusco punctata ; 

 pedes gracillimi ; alee lut&, nigro subconspersa, linea ante- 

 media valde indistincta, linea media angulosa fasciaque mar- 

 ginali lineam albidam angulosam includente cinereis, linea 

 postmedia e punctis elongatis nigricantibus, lunulis marginali- 

 bus nigris ; anticce punctis tribus mediis nigris ; postica: 

 puncto uno nigro. 



Female. Whitish. Head black ; vertex white. Palpi por- 

 rect, slender, black above, not extending beyond the head. Abdo- 

 men with a brown point on each segment. Legs very slender. 

 Wings broad, very thinly and minutely black-speckled ; a very in- 

 distinct cinereous antemedial line, accompanied in the lore wing by 

 two black points ; a black point in the disk between this line and a 

 zigzag cinereous middle line ; an exterior line of blackish longi- 

 tudinally-elongated points ; a cinereous marginal band including a 

 zigzag whitish line; marginal lunules black. Fore wings acute; 

 exterior border slightly convex, rather oblique. Length of the body 

 3J lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



