Mr. A. G. Butler on new Species of Agaristide. 137 
Zerenide. In fact Arycanda maculata, Walk., is closely allied 
to Panethia georgiata, Guenée ; whilst Panethia pervasata, 
Walk., is perhaps no more than a variety of Tigridoptera exul 
of Herrich-Schiiffer. 
The following species are new :— 
Genus ViTHorRA, Moore (allied to Hespagarista). 
Vithora agrionides, n. sp. 
Resembles Cystidia stratonice, Cramer, excepting in the 
body *. 
$ ¢. Wings above black ; primaries with an interno- 
median patch cut by the median nervure, and terminating just 
before first median branch, a large blotch immediately beyond 
it, within the cell, and an angulated discal band, cut by six 
black nervures, subhyaline white; secondaries with the basal 
third and a subangulated discal band, cut by six black nervures, 
subhyaline white. Body : thorax dark brown, laterally streaked 
with ochre-yellow in front, collar yellow: abdomen ochre- 
yellow, with a dorsal series of large dark brown spots and 
lateral series of narrow small spots; below ochre-yellow ; 
venter with two parallel series of large dark brown spots. 
Expanse of wings 2 inches 5 to 6 lines. 
Hakodadi (Whitely). Coll. B.M. 
Genus AGARISTA, Leach. 
Before proceeding to describe new species in this genus, I 
wish to call attention to one or two points in Dr. Boisduval’s 
recent paper. 
Speaking of the genera Husemia and Alypia (p. 43), Dr. 
Boisduval says ‘‘ Nous les avons adoptés plutdt comme di- 
visions que comme genres proprement dits.’’ It appears to 
me that he has not been careful in separating the species 
evidently referable to these “ divisions.” For instance, Agarista 
Rosenbergit, of Felder’s unpublished plates, is clearly almost as 
nearly allied to Agarista agricola as to A. milete, Cr.; yet 
Dr. Boisduval commences his genus Agarista with A. agri- 
cola, but places A. Rosenbergit as the 24th species of Husemia 
and between H. pallida, Walker, an undoubted Husemia, and 
“ #, milete,’ which is an Agarista. 'The species which follow 
(EL. luctifera, fenestrata, semyron=chrysospila, Walk., and 
radians, n. 47) are all Agariste; the following I have not 
seen, but suspect that they also belong to the same group :— 
_ * T have to thank Mr. Stretch for calling my attention to Cramer’s 
figure. Cystidia is probably a mimic of Vithora. 
