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An I have only Q examples, I am indebted to Sampson for 

 the £ characters. 



Type, A. vigaia Wlk., from [ndia. 



1. Wiiiga grey-whitish irretracta. 



Wings grey-brown argyrosticha. 



17-"). Nadagara irretracta. 



Nadagara irretracta, Warr., Nov. Zoo]., 1899, p.356. 



9. 34 nini. Head brown; face with a whitish median trans- 

 verse bar, its extremities produced upwards along edges. Palpi 

 .">: pale fuscous. Antennae brown. Thorax grey-whitish, tegulse 

 pale fuscous. Abdomen grey-whitish. Legs whitish irrorated 

 with grey. Forewings triangular, eosta nearly straight almost 

 to apex, apex acute, slightly produced, termen bowed, oblique, 

 wavy; 10 and 11 long-stalked, their stalk anastomosing with 12 

 (l(j))'. whitish irrorated and finely strigulated with pale grey; a 

 blackish discal dot before middle; an oblique line from costa near 

 apex to '■'{ dorsum, brownish-grey, its anterior edge suffused, pos- 

 terior distinct ; an obscure whitish subterminal line; a grey 

 terminal line : cilia whitish-grey. Hindwings with termen 

 rounded, wavy; as forewings. Underside similar, but lines and 

 striguke more distinct. 



N.Q.: Kuranda, near Cairns, in April; one specimen received 

 from Mr. F. P. Dodd. Also from Solomon Islands. 



1 7 1. Nadagara argyrosticha, n.sp. 

 dpyvpoari^o^, silver lined. 

 9. 38 mm. Head purple-reddish. Palpi :U : purple-reddish, 

 mixed with ochreous. Antennae purple-reddish. Thorax purple- 

 whitish; tegulse purple- reddish. Abdomen pale purplish; under- 

 side and apices of segments ochreous- whitish. Legs brown, 

 purplish-tinged; posterior pair whitish-ochreous. Forewings tri- 

 angular, costa straight, except close to base and apex, apex 

 tolerably acute, termen strongly bowed, slightly oblique, wavy; 

 10 and 11 long-stalked, their stalk anastomosing strongly with 

 12, 10 anastomosing with 9 (1$); pale ochreous-brown closely 

 strigulated with purple-fuscous; first line from £ dorsum obliquely 



