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by a jiatch of olive scales ; submargiiial line creunlate, white, most distinct towards 

 costa, aud interrnpted below, jjroccded throughout by a broadisli rafous fascia, aud 

 followed from veins 5 to 7 by a subijuadrate whitish patch oa hiudmargin ; marginal 

 line blackish, thickened between the veins ; fringe olive-rufons, chequered with 

 darker at tlie ends of the veins and whitish beyond the white patch. 



Hindtcinffn ; similar, without basal line ; submargiiial line shown by white 

 dashes at the tips of the teeth. 



Underside white, with a broad lirowu-black marginal i'ascia passing into 

 reddish towards hiudmargin, leaving the snba])ical spot white ; cell-s])ot black- 

 browu edged with reddish ; a pink streak above the snbmedian fold ; hindwings 

 with no cell-spot, the fascia much darker and submarginal. Face rufous, with 

 mixed whitish and darker scales ; vertex, thorax, and abdomen pale whitish ochreous, 

 dusted with rufous aud fuscous scales : the tufts of abdomen slightly lustrous. 



Expanse of wings : 4s mm. 



One ? from Tambora, June 181J0 (Dohcrty). 



Subfamily GEOMETRINAE. 



4T. Agathia exqiiisita sp. nov. 



Fore/ciiMj.s : pale pea-green, speckled with purplish fuscous; costa grey with 

 darker dots, tinged with purplish towards base aud ajiex ; a dark purplish jiatch at 

 base of inner margin, not reaching above middle ; first line grey, from one-fourth 

 of costa to near middle of inner margin, where it joins the second ; its edges 

 irregularly creunlate ; second line developed into a broad gre3--sliade from three- 

 fourths of costa to before anal augle, its outer edge regularly dentate aud sinuous, its 

 inner edge vnth a biaugulated sinus beyond cell ; above the middle this shade is 

 tinged with purple-grey, especially on its inner edge, and externally runs out above 

 vein 7 to apex ; the lower part contains a small green spot on the subnicdian fold ; 

 a large purplish submarginal spot above vein u, and two smaller ones straiglit above 

 it ; fringe delicate pale grey, with a darker basal Hue, aud flecked with darker at 

 apex and ends of veins 3 and 4. 



Ilindioings : with the base narrowly grey ; outer two-thirds a mixture of 

 various shades of pearly grey aud fawn-colour, edged inwardly by a inirplish line, 

 toothed in the middle, and containing traces of a pale grey dentate line, preceded 

 and followed by purplish grey shades ; the outer edge of the grey area is dentate, and 

 cuts off irregular patches of greeu along hindraargin ; marginal line purplish below 

 vein G ; fringe as in forewings. 



Underside delicate pale green, with a purplisji Ijlack curved iwstmediau shade 

 on both wings, followed in the hindwings by a second more diffuse and cloudy 

 shade ; costa of forewings whitish, with a purplish blotch before apex ; fringe of 

 forewings pale green, of hindwings greyer green, with dark spots at end of veins 3 

 and 4. Face aud palpi ochreous aud jjurple ; fillet and autenual shaft purplish ; 

 thorax aud patagia green flecked with purple scales ; abdomen ochreous grey, with 

 green si)ots on each segment. 



Expanse of wings : 39 mm. 



One ? from Laiwui, Obi, September 1^97 (Doherty). 



Allied to A. obsoleta Warr. from Java, but quite different on the uuderside. 



