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



rounded, posterior margin sinuate, posterior angles somewhat 

 obliquely rounded ; scutelium 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 ; postei'ior 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 tegmina, 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 scutelium 

 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 ; tegmina Avith 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 

 Avith a black line between them ; other characters as in 

 generic diagnosis. 



Long. 4j mm. 



Hub. Eastern Himalayas (Brit. !Mus.). 



LXXIV. — Descriptions of new African Agaristidae lyi the 

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



The numbers refer to the * Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalsense 

 in the British Museum.' 



65 a. Xanthospilopteryx flavisignata, sp. n. 



^ . 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, the meso- 

 and metathorax wath yellow points ; pectus and femora with 

 some yellow, the tibi^ striped with orange, the 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 



