790 CATALOGUE OF 



Hind wings pale cinereous, with whitish ciliae. Length of the body 

 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a, b. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Kev. D. F. Morgan. 



21. ACONTIA DISPAR. 



Mas. Alba; caput fuscum ; palpi oblique ascendentes, articulo So 

 nigro brevissimo ; abdomen luteum ; ala>, antica glauco-fuscce, 

 nigro fusco varia, fasciis indistinctis incompletis undulatis 

 albidis, plaga exteriore costali alba maculam fuscam lituram- 

 que nigram includente, lunulis marginalibus nigris ; posticce 

 lutece, macula fascia margineque fuscis. 



Male. White. Head brown. Palpi obliquely ascending ; 

 third joint black, not more than one-fourth of the length of the 

 second. Abdomen luteous. Fore wings brown, with a glaucous 

 tinge, and varied with dark brown ; some indistinct and incomplete 

 whitish undulating bands, and a large white costal patch, which is 

 beyond the middle, and contains a brown costal spot and a black 

 mark, the latter indicating the reniform spot; marginal lunules 

 black. Hind wings luteous; discal spot, discal band and border 

 brown. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Port Natal. From Dr. Krauss' collection. 



Asia. 



22. Acontia Olivea. 



Alba ; abdomen cinerascens ; ala antica striga discali lutea, mar- 

 ginibus late lutcofuscescentibus ; posticce fuseescente-cinerea, 

 cfliis albidis. 



Acontia Olivea, Guen. Noct. ii. 217, 986. 



Hindostan. 



23. Acontia tropica. 



Var. Alba ; thorax antice flamts ; abdomen pallide tesiaceum ; 

 alee anticce nonnunquam testacea, plus minusve flavo varicc, 

 maculis costalibus cinereis, fascia lata undulata submarginali 

 purpureo-fusca, orbiculari et reniformi subcinereis, nigricante 

 marginatis, guttis paucis marginalibus nigris, macula ciliari 

 nigricante ; posticce pallide testacea, margine fuscescente. 



Acontia tropica, Guen. Noct. ii. 217, 988. 



