HELIOTHIS. — ACONTIA. 
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HELIOTHID^. 
HELIOTHIS, Guenee. 
Heliothis adaucta. (Plate XLV. fig. 4.) 
Heliothis adaucta, Butler, 4’ Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. i. p. 199 (1878). 
Closely allied to H. dipsacea, but much larger, the primaries aud thorax of a more sandy 
whitish tint, with the markings rather darker ; the secondaries whiter, with blacker markings, 
the spot closing the cell broader : body less reddish in tint ; under surface with all the 
markings much more distinct. Expanse of wings 1 inch 5-6 lines. 
Yokohama {Jonas)-, Hakodate [Whitely). 
H^MEROSIID^. 
ARIOLA, Walker. 
Ariola pulchra. (Plate XLV. fig. 6.) 
Primaries cupreous brown, crossed from base to onter border by four slaty-grey streaks ; 
outer border also slaty grey, bounded on both sides by small black dots ; fringe rather more 
golden than the ground-colour of the wings : secondaries smoky brown, with whitish costal 
areaj fringe whity brown, traversed by a darker brown line: head, collar, and thorax 
cupreous brown, the centre of the vertex yellowish ; tegulse slaty grey ; abdomen smoky 
browm. Under surface of wings greyish brown, with pale costal and external borders, fulvous 
in the primaries, testaceous in the secondaries : body below testaceous. Expanse of wings 
11 lines. 
Yokohama {Jonas). 
ACONTIID^. 
ACONTIA, Ochs. 
Acontia hiplagiata. (Plate XLV. fig. 7.) 
Acontia hiplaga, Walker {nec Guenee), Cat. Lejy. Het. xii. p. 795. n. 34 (1857). 
Acontia hiplagiata, Walker, 1. c. Suppl. iii. p. 781 (1865). 
Silvery white ; primaries above with an oblique golden brown band from the basal two 
fifths of the costal margin to just below the median vein, where it meets a large nebulous 
triangular fuliginous patch, the base of which is upon the outer margin ; reniform spot out- 
lined in dark brown ; apex and two or three confused lines on the margin and fringe smoky 
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