( ^"2 ) 



anteva.G;inal tnft ; white spots on wiiiijs somewhat variable, subliasal one of 

 forewing rather smaller than in c?, pnrple-orangc spot also smaller. 



Length of forewing : J ? , 9 mm. 



One ^, two ? ?. 



Resembling in colour ;\'. (tequalis, but easily distinguished by the white collar, 

 and. in S , by the different scent-organ. 



33. Neoscaptia poecila spec. nov. 



? . Head and npperside of thorax metallic purplish blue, rest of body and legs 

 olive-black, with slight purple reflection ; collar with two contiguous white spots as 

 in X leucodcm ; legs without white, antemarginal tuft whitish grey. 



Wings, uppcrside. Forewing narrow, R= and M' stalked together ; metallic 



purplish blue from base to middle, this area sinuate distally, followed by a large 

 tawny-orange discal patch, which does not (juite reach costal or hinder margin, 

 bordered with metallic purplish blue ; this border dentate ; distal margin, costal 



edge, and fringes black ; a central subbasal spot white. Hindwing more 



triangular than in the other species, the apex being less rounded ; olive-black, 

 slightly purplish ; a large white basal ])atcli from costal margin to SM-, its outer 

 edge crossing M at base of M- ; black abdominal border narrow from middle 

 to base. 



Umki-siih olive-black, pur})lish ; forewing with a white subbasal patch 

 shaded with olive ; an orange-tawny subapical longitudinal patch ; white area of 

 hindwing as above. 



Leng'th of forewing : 9 mm. 



One ¥. 



AGARISTIDAE. 



34. Burgena constricta spec. nov. 



?. Similar to B. vniia Wlk. (ISo-t); thorax, abdomen, and wings different in 

 pattirn. Anterior half of collar orange, posterior black. Mesonotum black in 

 centre, orange behind ; tegula orange, with ah oblique black line joining anteriorly 

 at side the black belt of pronotum. Abdominal tergites 1 to black at base, 

 orange at apex, 7 black, with the anal tuft orange ; abdominal sternite.s 1 to (1 

 orange, 7 black, with a few orange scales, a few black scales in centre of 5, anal 

 tuft all orange. 



Wings, upperside. Forewing shorter and broader than in />'. varia, St'-' 



more distal ; a basal streak before cell and a subbasal spot in cell yellowish wliite : 

 postmedian crll-spot longer transversely than in mria, orangc-yeliow basal streak 

 situated along SM= broader than in varia, parallel to hinder margin, not to costal 



margin. Hindwing : yellow area paler orange than in mria, deeply constricted 



in middle, the cell being entirely black. 



Undn-xide. Markings of forewing yellowish white. Hindwing: a basal 



costal jiatch sulphnr-yellow, separated into streaks by the blackish veins ; yellow 

 area constricted as above, but the posterior patch enlarged basad, tilling up the area 

 between cell and abdominal edge, some scattered scales near base and^jiart of SM" 

 remaining black. 



Length of forewing : 22 to 24 mm. 



Two ? ? . 



