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about three times the width. Expanse of wings, ^ 61 mil- 

 lim., ? 72 millim. 



One male and three females. Port Darwin {Backland). 



6. Agarista ardescens^ sp. n. 



Allied to A. tristifica [A. Leicinii, Boisd.). Upper surface 

 black ; primaries with a creamy-white basal fascia, a broader 

 but similarly coloured subbasal fascia, and a costal dot between 

 the two ; a transverse oblong cream-coloured spot just beyond 

 the middle of the cell, surrounded by an irregular metallic 

 steel-blue marking, and a very irregular bisinuated abbrevi- 

 ated band placed obliquely beyond the cell (as in A. polz/sticta) ; 

 an abbreviated discal series of seven white dots halfway 

 between the band and the outer margin, two white dots placed 

 obliquely beyond the middle of the internal area; a submar- 

 ginal series of white dots, terminating with a larger incised 

 cream-coloured spot near the external angle ; interuo-niedian 

 area suffused with dark lurid red : secondaries browner than 

 the primaries ; fringe long, snow-white, spotted with black, 

 excepting towards the anal angle : head and thorax striped 

 with white ; metathorax, base of abdomen, and last two seg- 

 ments of abdomen ochreous. Under surface dark brown, with 

 purplish reflections : primaries with the base whitish ; frenu- 

 lum held in position by a little subbasal testaceous tuft 

 projecting upwards over the median vein ; two quadrate spots 

 in the cell ; a bisinuated oblique band beyond the cell and a 

 spot near external angle cream-coloured : secondaries with the 

 extreme base ochreous, otherwise as above : palpi cream- 

 coloured, banded with black ; thorax ochreous ; tarsi of all 

 the legs and tibia3 of front pair black, banded with white ; 

 venter greyish in the centre, black at tlie sides ; anus 

 ochreous. Expanse of wings -44 uiiiiiui. 



Port Darwin {Buckland) . Type B. M. 



In some respects this species is intermediate between A. 

 tristifica and A. ephyra, but it is probably most nearly allied 

 to A. polysticia. 



7. Agarista v index ^ sp. n. 



Near to A. affinis (from Sydney, Port Macquarie, &c.), but 

 the primaries narrower, the yellow belt paler, more oblique, 

 less incised, and shorter, as broad as in the best-marked speci- 

 mens oi A. affinis ] white discal dots obliterated ; secondaries 

 with narrower fringe, bluish spots on under surface darker ; 

 abdomen above steel -grey instead of black. Expanse of 

 wings 84 millim. 



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