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ACONTIID^. 
ACONTIA, Ochs. 
Acontia plebeia. (Plate CXXIX. fig. 3.) 
Fuliginous brown : primaries with the basal third dull whitish^ sprinkled with testaceous 
and brown scales, bounded in the centre of its outer edge by a bisinuated blackish marking ; 
reniform spot whitish, with black margin and central brownish litura ; an ochreous spot 
beyond it, and above the latter a cuneiform costal patch ; subraarginal and marginal series 
of blackish spots and a white-edged blackish stripe on the fringe : secondaries uniformly 
coloured, with the fringe white, traversed by a blackish stripe and tipped with blackish : body 
whitish. Under surface greyish brown, with golden reflections, mottled and irrorated with 
whitish ; a slender interrupted black marginal line ; fringe as above : primaries with ochreous 
costal margin : palpi and collar ochraceous. Expanse of wings 22 millim. 
Dhai'msala, 
Acontia plumbata. (Plate CXXIX. fig. 4.) 
Primaries pale golden stramineous ; the basal two sevenths of the costal border leaden 
grey, opposite to the extremity of which is a fragment of a black-edged pink stripe shot with 
leaden grey and representing the inner line of the central belt ; the outer line represented by 
a complete angulated and undulated stripe of the same character, from which an oblique 
dusky streak runs to apex ; an almost marginal irregular leaden-grey streak ; thi'ee or four 
costal grey dots towards apex ; a series of short black dashes along the outer margin ; fringe 
whity brown glossed with gold, traversed by a black-edged greyish stripe and edged with 
grey : secondaries pale dead golden ; fringe pale yellow at base, with a central grey stripe 
and white outer edge : body pale golden stramineous j head, collar, and anus testaceous. 
Under surface creamy whitish, with golden reflections : primaries broadly suffused with grey ; 
indications of a postmedian discal gx'ey stripe followed on tlie costa by grey spots as above ; 
a marginal series of blackish spots, fringe paler than above: secondaries irrorated with 
grey; a brownish discocellular spot and angulated discal stripe; a slender interrupted 
black marginal line ; fringe with a grey central stripe ami outer edge : tarsi banded above 
with grey. Expanse of wings 23 millim. 
Dharrasala ; taken by beating. 
Acontia excisa. (Plate CXXIX. figs. 5, 6.) 
Nearest to A. signifera = si(hji:ca ; smaller: the base of primaries rather broadly sepia- 
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