*964 CATALOGUE OF 



joint lanceolate, more than half the length of the second. Antennae 

 slender, setulose. Abdomen extending- rather beyond the bind wing* • 

 apical tuft small. Legs smooth. Fore wings slightly acute ; "an' 

 oblique ferruginous band near the base; an exterior forked ferru- 

 ginous mark, of which the outer fork extends to the tip of the costa • 

 a dark brown whitish-bordered dot on the inner side of the above 

 mark, m a line with a dark brown whitish-bordered elongate quadrate 

 spot which joins the interior border. Hind wings aeneous-whitish 

 slightly hyaline. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines'. 

 Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



ACONTIA DICYCLA. 



Mas. Lcete flava, subtus albida ; abdomen albidum ; pedes fusco 

 fasciati; ala> anticce apice subrotundahc, fasciii duabus pur- 

 purascente-fuscis cupreo marginata, \a excavata, 2a strigas 

 extus emittente, litura intermedia cuprea 8-formi ; posticce 

 alba, fascia marginali lata pallide cuprea. 



Male. Bright yellow, silvery white beneath. Palpi obliquely 

 ascending, not rising higher than the vertex ; third joint conical 

 not more than one-fourth of the length of the second. Antenna 

 smooth. Abdomen whitish, not extending beyond the hind wings 

 Legs with brown bands; spurs short. Wings mostly white beneath 

 *ore wings slightly rounded at the tips with two irregular purplish 

 brown cupreous-bordered bands; first band much excavated, ex- 

 tending to the base ; second emitting lanceolate streaks to the exterior 

 border ; a cupreous figure of 8 mark contiguous to the inner side of 

 the band; fringe with cupreous marks; exterior border convex 

 rather oblique. Hind wings silvery white, with a very broad pale 

 cupreous border. Length of the body 4^ Hues; of the win^s 

 1 1 lines. ° 



a. North Hindostan. From Mr. James' collection. 



•ACONTIA SUBFIXA. 



Mas. Pallide cinerea ; palpi non ascendentes ; al& anticce vix 

 acuta, fusco nigroque subconsperscp, fasciis duabus fuscescenti- 

 bus, \a informi interrupta lituras nigras lineamque submar- 

 ginalem album angulosam includente, punrtis marqinalibus 

 nigris; postiac apud marginem exteriorem fuscescentis. 



