. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Moths. 656 KOCTUID-'E. B. Fore wing of male without fringe of hair on vein 1 on undersitle. a. Fore wing of male with the ternien strongly excised above vein 2. 7113. Acontia amata. Xanihodes amaia, Wlk. xxxiii. 778 (1865). Xanihodes adunca, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 108. f. 39 (1874). Head and tegulfe white, the rest of thorax very pale yellow; palpi at tips and sides of frons bright rufous ; pectus white, the fore and mid tibite rufous ; abdomen white with pale rufous dorsal segmental lines. Fore wing very pale yellow ; small
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Moths. 656 KOCTUID-'E. B. Fore wing of male without fringe of hair on vein 1 on undersitle. a. Fore wing of male with the ternien strongly excised above vein 2. 7113. Acontia amata. Xanihodes amaia, Wlk. xxxiii. 778 (1865). Xanihodes adunca, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 108. f. 39 (1874). Head and tegulfe white, the rest of thorax very pale yellow; palpi at tips and sides of frons bright rufous ; pectus white, the fore and mid tibite rufous ; abdomen white with pale rufous dorsal segmental lines. Fore wing very pale yellow ; small rufous medial and postmedial spots below the costa; a terminal olive-green line except at apes ; cilia olive-brown mixed with leaden grey. Hind wing semihyaliiie white, the termen ochreous except towards. Yig. 2Q)'d.—Acontia amata, (^. \. tornus ; the cilia tinged with grey-brown from apex to vein 2 ; the underside with the apical area irrorated with a few black scales. Hah. Queensland, Cape York (Z/^?y/.7UK<f), 1 d, Brisbane (r»r»e;-), 1 $ ; X. AusTRALrA {Bovill), 1 c5', i*ort Darwin {Bncldand), 1 $ , Alexandria {Stalker), 1 c?; W. {Biggies), 1 6 type. Exp. 38-48 millim. b. Fore wing of male with the termen not excised above vein 2. a^ Hind wing uniform oi-ange-yellow vitersrpfa. b\ Hind wing witii the basal area white congenita. 7114. Acontia intersepta. Xanihodes intersepta, Gnen. Noct. ii. p. 212 (1852); Moore, Lep. Cevl. iii. p. 42, pi. 149. f. 3; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 323. Xanthodes duplicata, Wlk. xxxiii. 778 (1865). Xanfhodes diffusa. Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xxiii. p. 53, pi. 4. f. 8 (1880). Acontia imitata, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 42, pi. 149. f. 4 (1884). Head and tegnlas white tinged with yellow; thorax yellow; palpi except at base and frons red-brown ; fore tibijie rufous : pectus white ; abdomen orange-yellow. Fore wing yellow irrorated with a few black scales: a wedge-shaped rufous patch from median ncrvure before middle to termen on which it
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