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CATALOGUE OF 



32. ACONTIA TURPIS. 



Pallide cervina ; abdomen pallide testaceum, basi album; alee 

 antica? sat angustm, lineis transversis indistinctis undidatis 

 obscurioribus, orbiculari et reniformi albidis margine obscuro, 

 ilia magna, linea submarginali albida undulata, guttis margi- 

 nalibus minimis obscure fuscis, ciliis cinereis ; posticus pallide 

 cinerece, guttis marginalibus fuscis, ciliis albidis. 



Pale fawn-colour. Abdomen pale testaceous, white at the 

 base. Fore wings rather narrow, with indistinct undulating trans- 

 verse darker lines; orbicular and reniform spots whitish, with 

 darker borders, the former large ; submarginal line whitish, undu- 

 lating ; marginal dots dark brown, very minute; cilia? cinereous. 

 Hind wings pale cinereous, with brown marginal dots, and with 

 whitish cilia?. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 

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



33. ACONTIA TRIRADIATA. 



Schistacea ; thorax albo varius ; abdo?ninis segmenta albo margi- 

 nata; alee antica fusca>, cyaneo conspersa?, intus alba schis- 

 taceo varies, gutta basali nigra, plaga costali exteriore lineisque 

 duabus incompletis undulatis albis, ciliis posiice albis, orbicu- 

 lari obsolete, reniformi et guttis marginalibus nigris ; postica? 

 fascia ciliisque albis, strigis tribus fuscis. 



Slate-colour. Thorax varied with white. Abdomen with a 

 slender white band on the hind border of each segment. Fore 

 wings brown, speckled with blue, white and varied with slate-colour 

 for almost one-third of the length from the base, near which there 

 is a black dot; a white costal patch bevond the middle, and two 

 incomplete undulating white lines; hind part of the cilia? white; 

 orbicular spot obsolete; reniform mostly black; marginal dots 

 black, the two by the tip of the wing larger than the others. 

 Hind wings vwth a white band, which is interrupted by two brown 

 streaks, and partly so by a third short streak in front ; cilia? white. 

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

 a. Punjaub. Presented by General Hearsay. 



