784 CATALOGUE OF 



ACONTIA COSTALIS. 



Mas. Alba ; caput nigro unipunctatum ; palpi graciles, porrecti, 

 articulo So conico ; antennce glabra, patlide ochracece ; abdo- 

 men auratum ; aid anticce cupreo-fuscce, vitta costali alba ; 

 posticce ceneo-cinerece. 



Male. White. Head prominent and with a black point in 

 front. Palpi slender, porrect, not extending beyond the head ; third 

 joint conical, not more than one-fourth of the length of the second. 

 Antennae smooth, pale ochraceous. Abdomen gilded ; apical tuft 

 rather large. Fore wings cupreous-brown, with a white costal stripe, 

 which is irregular along its hind border and terminates near the tip. 

 Hind wings aeneous-cinereous. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the 

 wings 12 lines. 



a. South Hindostan. Presented hy M. J. Walhouse, Esq. 



ACONTIA GUTTISTKIGATA. 



Mas. Nivea; caput antice et abdomen pallide lutea ; alee anticce 

 fascia submarginali rufescente-fusca vittaque postica lata 

 olivacea strigaque discali olivacea maculari connexis, strigis 

 duabus costalibus obliquis luteis ; posticce pallide lutea. 



Male. Pure white. Head in front, abdomen and legs pale 

 luteous. Abdomen with three small tufts on each side. Fore tibiae 

 and fore tarsi black, with white bands. Fore wings with a reddish 

 brown submarginal band, which is dilated over the fringe hindward, 

 where it is connected with a broad dark olive-green stripe ; the latter 

 forms a loop with the interior border ; the band and the stripe are 

 also connected by a dark olive-green discal streak, which is in four 

 divisions ; two oblique costal luteous streaks ; fringe with an olive- 

 green streak in front; under side pale luteous, with a blackish cine- 

 reous disk. Hind wings pale luteous. Length of the body 6 lines ; 

 of the wings 14 lines. 



South Africa. In Mr. D'Urhan's collection. 



ACONTIA LITURIFERA. 



Mas. Alba, caput nigrum ; abdomen pallide luteum ; alee anticce 

 lineis nonnullis angulosis guttisque duabus costalibus virides- 

 centibus, spatio marginali chalybeo-nigro postice dilatato intus 

 undulato lineam nigram undulaiam interruptam includente, 



