960 CATALOGUE OF 



tapering towards the tip, extending very little beyond the hind 

 wings. Fore wings with four dentate black lines, of which the 

 fourth is double and curved outward ; a whitish undulating streak 

 along the outer side of the fourth line, and a few small whitish 

 marks in other parts of the wings; an irregular oblique black streak 

 extending from the lip to the fourth line; marginal line black, 

 festooned. Hind wings blackish; a subapical while streak on the 

 fringe. Length of the body 11 lines ; of the wings 28 lines. 



The narrower fore wings of this species distinguish it from A. 

 conspicienda. 



a, Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 



ACH^A INTERCISA. 



Mas. Fusca ; palpi crecti, verticem longe superantes, articulo 3o 

 lineari; alee anticce cervinee, spalio medio pal/ide ochraceo 

 cervino-consperso, plagis duabus nigrieante fuscis ochraceo 

 pallidissimo inter linearis , reniformi tenui nigro-fusco mar- 

 ginata ; posticee obscure fuscee, apices versus luteal. 



Male. Brown, brownish cinereous beneath. Palpi smooth, 

 erect, rising much higher than the vertex; third joint linear, much 

 shorter and more slender than the second. Antennae very minutely 

 setulose. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings; 

 apical tuft very small. Fore wings fawn-colour; middle part dull 

 pale ochraceous, speckled with fawn-colour; two blackish brown 

 patches, each of which contains a transverse very pale ochraceous 

 line; first patch basal, its second line very undulating; second 

 patch on the apical part of the costa ; reniform mark narrow, 

 bordered with blackish brown. Hind wings dark brown, broadly 

 luteous about the tips. Length of the body 11 lines; of the wings 

 28 lines. 



Allied to A. Ezea, from which it may be distinguished by the 

 markings of the fore wings. 



a. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 



Ach^a SIMPLEX. 



Fcem. Cervina, subtus albido-einerea ; palpi pubescentes, erecti y 

 verticem paullo super antes , articulo So lanceolato ; abdomen 

 albido-cirtereum ; alee anticce gutta discali iineaque exteriore 



