GEOMETRIDJE. 437 



very close to end, lower at two-fiftlis : himlwing short, exterior margin dentate, sub- 

 caudate ; cell nearly half the length; two subcostals from the end; discocellulai- 

 concave, radial from above tlie middle ; two upper medians from end of cell, lower 

 at one-third. Body slender, abdomen with small dorsal tufts ; palpi slender, 

 obliquely-porrect, extending some distance beyond the head, third joint about half 

 length of the second in male, nearly as long as the second in female; antennae 

 simple; legs smooth, hind tibiaj Avith two pairs of spurs. 

 Type, A. lycEenaria. 



AGATHIA LiETATA (Plate 197, Fic 1, \n,$ ?, \b larva). 



Phalcnna Icctata, Fabricius, Eat. Svst. iii. 2, (i. IGl (179i). 

 Afjathia catenaria, VValkei-, Catal. Lep. Ilet. li. .\.\ii. p. 590 (1861). 



Bright green. Wings with a broad purplish-red wavy-bordered marginal baud, 

 enclosing a green indentated apical patch on the forewing and an oval patch on 

 middle of the exterior margin of hindwiug; the band with a few slender indistinct 

 black flecks and traversed by a parallel indistinct cinereous line ; the subcaudal 

 angle dark red. Costal border of forewing and the extreme base also purplish-red. 

 Cilia pale purplish-red with darker vein points. Front of thorax green ; hind part 

 of thorax, abdomen above, shaft of antennte, vertex, front of head, tip of palpi, and 

 fore tibiaj above purplish-red; palpi and body beneath whitish; legs brownish- 

 white. 



Expanse cT ? 1-^,^ inch. 



Larva with 10 legs; looped; with prominences on 2nd and 12th segments ; 

 colour green. Pupa yellowish-green above, green beneath, abdominal segments 

 black-speckled. 



"Feeds on Nerium oleander" {Tlnraitcs). 



AGATHIA INTERCISSA. 



Aijatliia inierdssa, Walker, Catal. Lep. Hot. I'.. M. xxil. p. 592 (1861). 



Vivid green : forewing with a short basal, an interrupted medial and a discal 

 pale purplish-red dentated band, and a narrow marginal deutated line ; costal 

 border and a spot at the apex also purplish-red : hindwiug with a discal dentated 

 interrupted band, a narrow marginal line with blackish outer points, and a lai-ge 

 dark purple-red subcaudal spot. Cilia whitish with purplish-red spots. Thorax 

 and base of abdomen green; tip of abdomen, vertex, front of head, tip of palpi, and 

 forelegs above purplish-red ; palpi and body beneath and legs white. 



Expanse IfV inch. 



