Sir G. F. Hampson on neio African Agaristidge. 609 



rounded, posterior margin sinuate^ posterior angles somewhat 

 obliquely rounded ; seutellum broader than long, shorter 

 than pronotum, its apex angularly acute ; tegmiua mode- 

 rately broader, extending beyond abdominal apex, costal 

 margin convexly rounded, venation distinct, apical cells five, 

 claval vein inwardly rounded ; posterior tibiae distinctly 

 spinulose. 



Differs from the preceding genus Sitades by the ocelli 

 being placed nearer to base of face than to the anterior 

 .margin of the vertex, and nearer to eyes than to each other, 

 and by the venation of tegmiua, especially on clavus. 



Durgades nigropictus, sp. n. 



Vertex of head ochraceous, with two black spots about as 

 far from each other as from eyes ; pronotum and seutellum 

 pale fuscous brown, the latter with a central longitudinal 

 blackish spot and a much smaller basal spot on each side ; 

 body beneath and legs pale brownish ; tegmiua with about 

 interior basal half brownish, remainder dull pale ochraceous, 

 some of the veins longitudinally streaked with black ; front 

 of head beneath with two small black marginal spots and 

 with a black line between them ; other characters as in 

 generic diagnosis. 



Long. 4^ mm. 



Hub. Eastern Himalayas (Brit. Mus.). 



LXXIV. — Descriptions of new African Agaristidse in the 

 British Museum. By Sir Geoege F. Hampson, Bart. 



The numbers refer to the * Catalogue of Lepidoptera PhalsGUse 

 in the British Museum.' 



65 a. Xanthospilopteryx flavisignata, sp. n. 



cJ . Head and thorax black ; first and second joints of 

 palpi, sides of frons, vertex of head^ tegulse at middle and 

 sides, and the patagia with paired yellow points, tlie meso- 

 and metathorax with yellow points ; pectus and femora with 

 some yellow, the tibise striped with orange, tlie tarsi ringed 

 with yellow ; abdomen banded orange and black above and 

 below. Fore wing black ; three slight yellowish spots 

 below basal part of costa and a slight spot below the cell ; a 

 small, triangular, yellow antemedial spot in cell and two 



