LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 793 



with slightly aeneous borders. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the 

 wings 9 lines. 



a. North India. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



b. Hiudostan. 



30. ACONTIA BASIFERA. 



Alba ; caput antice et palpi fusca ; thoracis discus fuscescens ; 

 abdomen pallide cinereum ; alee anticce olivacece, basi costaque 

 albis, maculis tribus costalibus olivaceis, orbiculari et reni- 

 formifuscis, hac subrotunda, ilia oblonga, linea submarginali 

 alba incompleta, guttis marginalibus nigris ; posticce cinerece. 



White. Head in front and palpi brown. Disk of the thorax 

 brownish. Abdomen pale cinereous. Fore wings dull olive-colour, 

 white at the base and along the costa, where there are three olive- 

 coloured spots ; orbicular and reniform spots brown, the former ob- 

 long, the latter almost round ; submarginal line white, irregular, 

 incomplete ; marginal dots black. Hind wings cinereous. Length 

 of the body 2| lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



a, b. North India. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



31. ACONTIA SIGNIFERA. 



Alba; alee anticce fuscce, basi albce maculis duabus costalibus f us - 

 cis, lineis strigisque exterioribus nigris, fascia interrupta 

 duplicata undulata alba, reniformi arcuata, striga exteriore 

 guttisque marginalibus nigris, ciliis cinereis ; posticce mar- 

 gine lato cinereo. 



White. Fore wings brown, excepting full one-third of the 

 length from the base, near which there are two brown costal spots ; 

 the brown part contains some black lines, and some exterior black 

 streaks, and an intermediate double interrupted undulating white 

 band; reniform spot in the white band, indicated by a black 

 lunule, near which there is a black streak ; marginal dots black ; 

 ciliae mostly cinereous. Hind wings with broad cinereous borders. 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. North Iudia. From Mi. James' collection. 



3 y 3 



