LEPIDOPTEKA HETEROCERA. 795 



34. ACONTTA BIPLAGA. 



Alba, nitens ; aim anticcE opalinm, striga antica obliqua maculaque 

 maxima subrotunda subapicali cupreo-fuscis ; posticm mar- 

 gine subcupreo. 



White, shining. Fore wings with opaline lustre, with an 

 oblique cupreous-brown streak, extending from the middle of the 

 costa to the disk, and with a very large almost round subapical 

 cupreous-brown spot ; a slender interrupted black marginal line. 

 Hind wings with a slightly cupreous border. Length of the body 

 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. North China. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 



35. ACONTIA MACULOSA. 



Alba ; thoracis discus fuscus ; abdomen pallide cinereum fasciis 

 fuscis ; aim antica? maculis nonnullis olivaceis, fascia lata 

 submarginali obliqua undulata fusca glauco varia postice 

 dilatata, maculis discalibus nigricantibus disco albidis* macu- 

 lis et guttis marginalibus nigris ; posticm pallide cinerem, 

 litura discali mar gineque fuscis, ciliis albidis. 



White. Thorax with a brown disk. Abdomen pale cinereous, 

 with brownish bands. Fore wings with several dull olive-coloured 

 spots, and with a broad submarginal oblique undulating glaucous- 

 varied brown band, which is dilated hindward; discal spots blackish, 

 with whitish disks; a row of black marginal spots or dots. Hind 

 wings pale cinereous ; discal mark and border brown ; ciliae whitish. 

 Length of the body 3 — 3£ lines ; of the wings 8 — 9 lines. 



a. China. Presented by H. G. Harrington, Esq. 



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



36. ACONTIA OLIVACEA. 



Sordide alba ; aim antica; pallide olivaceo -cinerem, lineis quatuor 

 albidis, \a et 2a interioribus, 3a el 4a exterioribus approxi- 

 matis, striga discali indistincta rufescente, reniformi e litura 

 nigra striyaque arcuata obscura olivaceo-cinerea costam versus 

 dilatata connexis, guttis duabus subapicalibus nigris ; posticm 

 cinerem, basi albidm, guttis marginalibus nigris. 



Dingy white. Fore wings pale olive-gray, with four whitish 

 lines ; first and second lines interior ; third and fourth exterior, 



