788 CATALOGUE OF 



Acontia Natalis, Guen. Noct. ii. 217, 987. 

 Port Natal. 



16. ACONTIA SECTA. 



Mas. Alba; caput et abdomen nigricantia ; alee anticce lineis 

 basalibus undulatis cinereis, costce dimidio basali cinereo 

 striga costali exteriore obliqua viridescente-cinerea, fascii 

 marginali violaceo-cinerea nitente utrinque olivaceo tincta 

 lineis duabus submarginalibus guttularibus albis, lunuli 

 marginalibus nigris, reniformi nigro marginala ; posticc 

 nigricante marginatce. 



Acontia secta, Guen. Noct. ii. 221, 997. 



Abyssinia. 



17. Acontia gradata. 



Alba; caput fuscum ; palpi porrecti, apice fusci, articulo St 

 minimo ; abdomen Jlavo-album ; alee anticce fascia basal 

 fuscescente, maculis costalibus fuscis, fascia lata marginah 

 purpurascentefusca, postice dilatata intus angulata, lunulis 

 marginalibus nigris, striga discali lutea, reniformi e punctis 

 nigris ; posticce fiavce, fusco marginatce. 



White. Head brown. Palpi porrect, with brown tips ; third 

 joint very small. Abdomen yellowish white. Fore wings with i \ 

 brownish band near the base, and with brown spols along the costa , I 

 a broad brown lilac-tinged marginal band, which is much dilated 

 hindward, and forms two right angles along the interior side ; mar- 

 ginal lunules black; a pale luteous discal streak, interrupted by the 

 black flecks which indicate the reniform spot. Hind wings yellow, 

 with brown borders. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 

 lines. 



a. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 



18. Acontia insocia. 



Alba ; abdomen subcinereum, alas posticas paullo superans ; alee 

 anticce sat angustce, maculis costalibus fasciisque duabus dupli- 

 catis undulatis cinereo fuscis, or biculari et reniformi e annulis 

 duobus ineompletis nigris, guttis marginalibus nigris ; posticcc 

 cinereo marginatce. 



White. Abdomen somewhat cinereous, extending a little 



