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Show 1880.] LEPIDOPTERA FROM FORMOSA. 677 70. ACONTIA MERIDIONALIS. Acontia meridionalis. Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. Suppl. iii. p. (1865). One damaged specimen. 71. ACONTIA MACULOSA. Acontia maculosa, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xii. p. 795 (1857). One good specimen. ANTHOPHILIDcE. 72. MICRA DEROGATA. Micra derogata, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xii. p. 825 (1857). One good specimen. 73. ACANTHOLIPES1 INCONSPICUA, sp. n. Nearest to A. nigrisigna and A. affinis. Sericeous, dark grey : primaries with an oblique black discoidal stigma, immediately followed by a broad sigmoidal blackish belt from the centre of the inner margin to the subcostal vein ; external area limited internally by an oblique blackish stripe enclosing an ochreous line, and running from inner margin almost to apex: secondaries with the disk blackish, crossed from close to the external angle to the radial vein by an oblique narrow* ochreous stripe. Under surface m u c h paler than above; the wings very pale grey, speckled with darker scales, crossed beyond the middle by two parallel darker stripes (the outer one of primaries confluent with the external border), and a broad dark grey external border : palpi blackish above, white below. Expanse of wings 1 inch. T w o specimens, somewhat rubbed. PLUSIIDcE. 74. PLUSIA VERTICILLATA. Plusia verticillata, Guene'e, Noct. ii. p. 344 (1852). One specimen. 75. PLUSIA OCHREATA. Plusia ochreata, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. Suppl. iii, p. 839 (1865). One specimen. GoNOPTERIDcE. 76. COSMOPHILA INDICA. Cosmophila indica, Guenee, Noct. ii. p. 396 (1852). Three specimens. 1 This species agrees with D oceia, Walk., in general pattern and coloration. Mr. Moore assures me that that genus is structurally identical with Micro-physa- Acantholipes, Lederer. |