]Mr. Butler on the Lepidoj^ferous (/t'nus Dioptis. 113 



Genus Agyrta. Huhner. 

 Group 8. AGYRTA. Wnlher. 



Ar/ljrfri dn.r. 



Dinptis (Ar/1/i-fa) ihi.r, "Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. 2, p. 327. n. 

 12(1854). 



Venezuela, (Dyson). Type B.^M. 

 The insect from Honduras is distinct. 



A;/!/rta (pMlvn, n. sp. 



Differs from the preceding in the much more restricted longi- 

 tudinal hyaline white streak, and the straighter and broader 

 postmedian obli(pie band of primaries : expanse of wings 2 

 inches, 1 line. 



Honduras, (D)/son). Type B.M. 



Agyrta mlcilia. 



Phdhnna m'u-Uhi, ( 'ramer, Pap. Exot. III., p. G2 ; }il. 228, 

 fig. G(1779). 



Limacodes mlcllia, Duncan, Xat. Libr. XXXYIL, Exot. 

 Moths, p. 179 ; pi. 22, figs'. 1, 2. 



Tropical America, (Becker). B.^M. 



A;/yrfa auxo. 



Hijjncrita tmeJform.is Auxo,'KuhneT, Samml. Exot. ScHmett, 1. 

 AgyHa auxo, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 177, n. 1829. 

 Dioptis (Af/yrta) micilia, AValker, Cat. Lep. Het. 2, p. 329, 

 n. 16 (1854).' 



Venezuela, [Dyson). B.M. 



Ayyrtd ? hirldd. 



Agyrta lucida, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. Suppl. 1, p. 147 (18fi4). 

 Bogota. 



Xot having seen this species, 1 am unable to deciile its true 

 position ; I feel almost certain from its peculiar coloration that 

 it is not an Agyrta. 



