LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 799 



43. ACONTIA INCLUDENS. 



Alba; palpi et caput antice fusca ; alee anticce purpureo-fuscee, 

 triente basali albafasciis undulatis cinereis, gutta basali nigra, 

 plaga magna exteriors costali alba, litura posteriore ciliisque 

 albidis, his cinereo maculatis ; posticce margine diffuso fus- 

 cescente. 



White. Palpi and fore part of the head brown. Fore wings 

 purplish brown, white, with undulating gray bands for more than 

 one-third of the length from the base, near which there is a black 

 dot; a lar^e white exterior costal patch, and a whitish mark behind 

 it; cilia? whitish, with gray spots. Hind wings with diffuse 

 brownish borders. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 

 lines. 



44. ACONTIA DELECTA. 



Foem. Alba, subtus testacea ; caput thoracisque discus fusca ; 

 palpi porrecti, breviusculi ; abdomen luteum ; alee anticee 

 fasciis duabus nigricantibus cyaneo variis ferrugineo margi- 

 natis, \a costali ad discum jlexa, 2a submarginali postice 

 dilatata, macula parva costali ferruginea ; posticee luteee, 

 fusco marginatee. 



Female. White, testaceous beneath. Head and the fore part 

 and disk of the thorax brown. Palpi porrect, rather short. Abdo- 

 men luteous. Fore wings with two blackish ferruginous-bordered, 

 blue-varied bands, the first extending along the costa to a short dis- 

 tance from the base, and then diverging to the disk, the second 

 subtnarginal emitting a marginal fork at the tip, and much dilated 

 hindward ; a small ferruginous costal spot near the exterior band. 

 Hind wings luteous, with brown borders. Length of the body 

 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



Genus 6. NIPISTA. 



Fcem. Corpus sat validum. Proboscis longiuscula. Palpi 

 caput sat superantes ; articulus 2us longus, validus ; 3us obtusus, 

 brevissimus. Antennae simplices, corporis dimidio longiores. Ab- 

 domen alas posticas non superans. Pedes validi ; tibiae posticse 

 calcaribus lougis. Aiae latiusculae ; anticae apud costam rectae, 

 apice angulata?, margine exteriore subconvexo vix obliquo. 



