LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 797 



Australia. 



39. ACONTIA PULCHRA. 



Fcem. Alba; caput antice rufescens ; palpi subascendentes, supra 

 apiceque rufescentes, articulo So cylindrico vix brevi; alee 

 antictc lituris quatuor costalibus rufescentibus, 4a strigaque 

 brevi lata obliqua undulata fusca cyaneo conspersa connexis, 

 linea posteriore testacea, lunulis submarginalibus fuscis indis- 

 tinctis. 



Acontia pulchra, MS 8. 



Female. White. Head reddish in front. Palpi slightly 

 ascending, reddish above and towards the tips ; third joint cylin- 

 drical, about one-third of the length of the second. Fore wings 

 with four reddish marks along the costa, the first and the second 

 very small, the third larger, the fourth still larger, and connected 

 with a short broad oblique undulating brown streak, which is 

 sprinkled with blue, and joins a hinder testaceous line ; subraarginal 

 lunules brown, indistinct. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the 

 wings 19 lines. 



a. Australia, North-West Coast. Presented by His Excellency 

 Capt. Gray. 



40. Acontia? undulosa. 



Alba ; palpi et pedes antici nigri ; thorax nig ro fascia tus ; abdo- 

 men et pedes latea ; alee anticce lineis tribus angulosis, striga 

 costali fasciaque exteriore nigro-cinereis, reniformi guttulari 

 guttisque marginalibus nigris ; posticce lutece, apice fuscce. 



White. Palpi and fore legs black. Thorax with a black 

 band. Abdomen and posterior legs luteous. Fore wings with 

 three zigzag blackish gray lines, with a blackish gray costal streak 

 between the first and second lines, and a blackish gray band between 

 the third line and the marginal dots ; reniform spot represented by 

 a black dot. Hind wings luteous, with brown tips. Length of the 

 body 4 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Tasmania. Presented by It. Butler, Esq. 



