LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEBA. 1963 



Male. Ochraceous. Body beneath and legs silvery white. 

 Palpi rather slender, slightly ascending, very much shorter than the 

 breadth of the head ; second joint with a very short fringe beneath ; 

 third elongate-conical, less than half the length of the second. An- 

 tennae very minutely setulose. Abdomen hardly extending beyond 

 the hind wings; apical tuft slightly compressed. Legs smooth, 

 slender. Fore wings moderately broad, hardly acute, with a broad 

 oblique angular glaucous-cinereous band, which extends from the 

 middle of the interior border towards the costa, near which it is 

 abbreviated ; a whitish marginal line ; exterior border hardly convex, 

 moderately oblique; under side with a dark cinereous disk. Hind 

 wings cinereous; fringe paler. Length of the body 3^ — 4 lines ; of 

 the wings 8 — 9 lines. 



a — c, St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



ACONTIA ? DEC1SA. 



Late ockracea; palpi graciles, subascendentes, articulo 3o lineari ; 

 abdomen argenteo-cinereum, alas posticas superans ; alee antica 

 vix acutce, plaga maxima chalybao-cinerea ; postica albida, 

 apiee ochracece. 



Bright ochraceous, silvery white beneath. Palpi smooth, 

 slender, slightly ascending, shorter than the breadth of the head ; 

 third joint linear, shorter than the second. Abdomen silvery cine- 

 reous, extending rather beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth ; 

 spurs very long. Fore wings hardly acute, mostly occupied by a 

 large chalybeous-cinereous patch, which rests on the interior border ; 

 exterior border straight, moderately oblique. Hind wings whitish, 

 semihyaline, pale ochraceous at the tips. Length of the body 3 lines ; 

 of the wings 7 lines. 



a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



ACONTIA QUADRATA. 



Mas. Pallide fiavescens ; palpi breves, erecti, articulo 3o lanceo- 

 lato ; ala antica subacute, fascia antemedia obliqua lituraque 

 exteriore furcata ferrugineis, gutta media maculaque postica 

 quadrata obscure fuscis albido marginaiis ; posticce ceneo- 

 albidce. 



Male, Pale buff. Body beneath and legs silvery cinereous. 

 Palpi smooth, slender, erect, not rising so high as the vertex ; third 



