324 noctttie^:. 



2062. Acontia grsellsii, Feisth. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vi (1837), p. 300, 

 pi. 12, fig. 3 : C. 8r S. no. 1806. 

 Xantliodes innocens, Wlk. Cat. xv, p. 1752 ; C. 8f S. no. 1810. 

 Xanthodes fmibriata, Wlk. Cat. xxxiii, p. 777. 



Differs from intersepta in the fore wing having no transverse 

 series of specks, these being represented at most by specks below 

 the costa ; a rufous fascia from lower angle of cell to outer margin 

 below apex replacing the large triangular patch. Hind wing pure 

 white, the apical area suffused with ochreous. 



Hab. S. Europe ; "W. and S. Africa ; Mauritius ; Aden ; 

 throughout Peninsular India. Exp. 36-43 millim. 



Genus MAKIMATHA. 

 Marimatha, Wlk, Cat. xxxiv, p. 1204 (1865). 



Type, M. dinumeratalis, Wlk., from Honduras. 



Range. Neotropical region ; Africa ; Aden ; Khasis ; Nilgiris. 



Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching above vertex of head, the 3rd 

 long ; thorax and abdomen without tufts ; antennae ciliated. Pore 

 wing with the apex almost rectangular ; veins 8 and 9 anastomo- 

 sing to form the areole. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from cell. 



2063. Marimatha suMavalis, Wlk. 

 Cat. xxxiv, p. 1205 ; C. fy S. no. 

 1869. 



Ochreous ; the head pinkish. Pore 

 wing with a black speck at end of cell ; 

 the outer area black, except at apex. 

 Hind wing paler ; the outer area 

 Fig. 174. fuscous. 



Marimatha subflavalis, S . \ m Hab. Kilimanjaro; Aden; Mlgiris. 

 Exp. 24 millim. 



2064. Marimatha xanthoptera, n. sp. 



J . Differs from subflavalis in the thorax and fore wing being 

 bright yellow. Pore wing with the outer area, except at apex, 

 bright chestnut, with some fuscous suffusion. Hind wing and 

 underside suffused with fuscous ; cilia of both wings pinkish. 



Hab. Khasis, 6000 feet (Elwes). Exp. 26 millim. Type in 

 coll. Elwes. 



Genus SWINH0EA, nov. 



Type, S. vegeta, Swinh. 



Range. Abyssinia ; Punjab ; Bombay. 



Palpi upturned, the 2nd joint roughly scaled, the 3rd long and 

 slender ; irons with a rounded projection ; antenna? of male 

 minutely ciliated ; thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled ; tibiae 



