LEP1D0PTERA HETEROCERA. 787 



13. ACONTTA? COSTALIS. 



Testacea; caput pallide luteum ; palpi apice nigri; thoracis discus 

 nigricante-ferrugineus ; alee anticce nigricante-ferruginece, basi 

 costaque pallide lute is ; posticce albee aut cinerece, testaceo aut 

 fusco marginatce. 



Pale luteous. Antennae and tips of the palpi black. Thorax 

 and abdomen testaceous ; disk of the former blackish ferruginous. 

 Fore wings blackish ferruginous, pale luteous at the base and along 

 the costa. Hind wings white, shining, with slightly testaceous 

 borders. Var. — Hind wings cinereous, with brown borders. 

 Length of the body 4 — 4J lines ; of the wings 10 — 11 lines. 



a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



b. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



South America. 



14. AcONTIA DECISA. 



Alba ; caput fascia cinerea ; thorax macula discali cinerea ; abdo- 

 men cinereo fasciatum ; alee anticce maculis basalibus unaque 

 costali cinereis^ fascia lata marginali glauco-fusca nigro 

 alboque varia postice dilatata, striga costali obliqua cervina. 

 ciliis ex parte albis ; posticce nitentes, margine subcervino. 



White. Head with a gray band. Thorax with a gray discal 

 spot. Abdomen with gray bands. Fore wings with some gray 

 spots towards the base, and with one on the costa a little beyond the 

 middle; abroad glaucous-brown marginal band, which is dilated 

 hindward to half the length of the wing towards the base, and thus 

 includes a right angle ; it iif varied with black and white marks, and 

 is accompanied on the costa by an oblique fawn-coloured streak ; 

 cilia partly white. Hind wings shining ; borders slightly fawn- 

 coloured. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Africa. 



15. Acontia Natalis. 



Alba; alee anticce basi cinereo nebulosa, apices versus rufeseente- 

 cincrece maculis magnis pallidioribiis, orbiculari et reniformi 

 ciuereis albido marginatis rotundatis subcequalibus optime 

 determinatis macula cinerea divisis, striga apud reniformem. 

 ferruginea, ciliis apud unguium internum cinereo nebulosis ; 

 posticce cinercce, ciliis albis. 



