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Show 1885.] OF BOMBAY AND THE DECCAN. 455 63. ACONTIA QUINTANA, n. sp. (Plate XXVII. fig. 13.) Poona, October and November. Antennae, palpi, head, and thorax blackish brown ; abdomen white ; wings silvery white. Fore wings with blackish bauds and lines-one basal, with thin black spots on the margin, followed by a sinuous line ; a broad median band, containing a deep black spot, margined with whitish, followed by two interrupted sinuous lines; an interrupted submarginal band; and a broken marginal band: hind wings unmarked. Expanse of wings -^ inch. 64. ACONTIA SCANDA. Acontia scanda, Felder, Reise der Nov. pi. 108. f. 27. Bombay, September. 65. ACONTIA CROCATA. Acontia crocata, Guenee, Noct. ii. pp. 218, 989. Poona, October ; Bombay, July, August, and September; very plentiful in Bombay in July. 66. ACONTIA FIRINA, n. sp. (Plate XXVII. fig. 5.) Poona; Bombay, November. Antennas, palpi, head, and thorax reddish brown; abdomen whitish. Fore wings pinkish yellow, with black marks along the costa, and black dots, mostly arranged in squares of four dots to each, along the upper part of the wing above the median vein; hinder margin broadly brown, a brownish thin band from the centre of the hinder margin to the outer margin near the apex, a large square black spot in the centre of this band, a black line from the outer third of the hinder margin, running upwards towards the costa, across the band, joining three squares of black dots that come down from the costa; the entire space between the band and the hinder angle suffused with brown; marginal points black ; fringe pinkish brown, black towards the hinder angle. Hind wings pale whitish testaceous, with a broad diffused, brownish, marginal border ; marginal line brown; fringe pale pinkish brown. Expanse of wings 1 inch. 67. ACONTIA EXCISA. Acontia excisa, Walker, M S . Brit. Mus. Coll. Poona, October. Antennae, head, thorax, abdomen, and fore wings brownish black ; palpi with the first joint reddish brown, second black, last joint very minute and pure white ; abdomen with a white band at the base. Fore wings with broad white antemedial and marginal bands, the former sometimes tinged with reddish, the latter marked with black at the apex, and in the centre two deep black incomplete sinuous medial lines and a white sinuous double outer line, clouded in some specimens, but always distinct on the costa ; reniform mark represented by two deep black spots ; first white band with a line of black |