786 CATALOGUE OF 



ACONTIA QUADRIPARTITA. 



Alba ; caput flavescens ; palpi oblique ascendentes, articulo So 

 minimo ; thorax fusco bifasciatus ; alee antic ce punctis duobus 

 basalibus nigris, fasciis duabus fuscis nigro marginatis, 2a 

 marginali valde dilatata ; posticce subauratce, fusco pallido 

 late marginat<B. 



White, brownish beneath. Head yellowish. Palpi smooth, 

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

 very minute. Thorax with two browu bands on the fore tegulae. 

 Fore wings with two black points at the base and with two brown 

 black-bordered bands ; first band across the middle, irregularly in- 

 creasing in breadth from the costa to the interior border ; second 

 marginal, much dilated in the middle. Hind wings slightly gilded, 

 broadly bordered with pale brown ; fringe interlined with pale 

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



Most allied to A. signifera, from which it is distinguished by 

 the completely separated bands of the fore wings, and there is no 

 black mark between these bands. 



a. North Hindostan. From Capt. Boys' collection. 



ACONTIA DISCALIS. 



Fcem. Argenteo-alba ; alee anticce vitta lata fusca dimidio ex- 

 teriore dilatata, tinea subynarginali alba angulata antice 

 dilatata liturasque tres fuscas includente, strigis submarginali- 

 bus longitudinalibus nigris ; posticce ceneo-cinere<B. 



Female, Silvery white. Fore wings with a broad brown stripe, 

 which extends from the basal part of the interior border, and oc- 

 cupies the whole breadth of the wing from somewhat beyond the 

 middle to the exterior border, near which it includes an angular 

 white line; the latter is much dilated in front and includes three 

 brown costal marks ; some slender black streaks between the sub- 

 marginal line and the border. Hind wings aeneous-cinereous. 

 Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 13 lines. 



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



