ANTHECTA.—AGROPHILA. 301 
3. Anthecia scira, sp.n. (Tab. XXVIII. fig. 5.) 
Primaries yellowish-brown, darkest in the middle and along the costal margin, with a bluish-white narrow 
waved line crossing the wing near the base from the costal to the inner margin, the dark brown part of 
the wing thickly irrorated with pale blue scales, the outer margin from the apex to the anal angle 
broadly bordered with creamy-white; secondaries brownish-black, with the fringe almost white: head 
dark brown, the front of the thorax and the tegule yellowish-white, the rest of the thorax white; abdomen 
above blackish-brown, beneath dusky white; antenna and legs dark brown. Expanse 1,4, inch. 
Hab. Mexico, Rincon in Guerrero 2800 feet (H. H. Smith). 
Of this very beautiful insect a single example was captured by Mr. Smith in 
September 1888. 
ADISURA. 
Adisura, Moore, P. Z.S. 1881, p. 367 ; Descr. New Indian Lep. Ins. Coll. Atkinson, p. 136. 
The species included in this genus by Moore are all from India or the Eastern 
Archipelago. ‘We have to add one from Costa Rica, this also being known to me from 
the Lower Niger. 
1. Adisura imitata, sp.n. (Tab. XXVIII. fig. 6.) 
Primaries silky white, with the costa and a streak extending from the base to the anal angle bright pink; 
secondaries dusky white; the underside of both wings dusky white: head, thorax, and abdomen yellowish- 
white. Expanse 1 inch. 
Hab. Costa Rica (Van Patten).—Arrica, Lower Niger (mus. D.). 
One worn specimen of this species has been received by us from Van Patten. It is 
not separable from others from the Lower Niger in my own collection; these latter 
were collected by the late W. A. Forbes. 
Subfam. ACONTIINEE. 
AGROPHILA. 
Agrophila, Boisduval, Gen. et Ind. Meth. Europ. Lep. p. 175 (1840) (pars) ; Guénée, Ann. Soc. 
Ent. Fr. x. p. 228 (1841); Sp. gén. des Lép. vi. p. 204; Walker, Cat. xii. p. 772, & xxxiii. 
p. 774. 
The species of this genus are distributed over Europe, North, Central, and South 
_ America, and the Antilles ; seven are known to us from Central America. 
1. Agrophila transmutata. 
Agrophila transmutata, Walk. Cat. xxxiil. p. 776". 
Spragueia pardalis, Grote, Papilio, i. p. 50°; List of North-American Moths, p. 38 (1882). 
Hab. Norta America, Florida ? —Muaxuco, Presidio (Forrer); GuatreMa.a, San Isidro 
1600 feet (Champion); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui tebe, in mus. Staudinger).— 
ANTILLES, San Domingo !. 
Our specimens agree perfectly with Walker's type in the National Collection, and 
also with the North-American insect named by Grote. 
