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2127 a. Gerarctia poliotis, sp. n. 



? . Headj thorax, and abdomen grej, tinged witli fuscous. 

 Fore wing grey, suftused and irrorated witli fuscous ; the 

 veins with slight dark streaks ; the antemedial line very 

 oblique, only defined by the area beyond it being suffused 

 with fuscous ; a slight dark streak beyond it in submedian 

 fold; a slight dark discoidal lunule ; postmedial line whitish, 

 defined on inner side by fuscous streaks on the veins below 

 costa and at middle, bent outwards below costa, then oblique 

 and somewhat angled inwards in submedian fold ; a slight 

 oblique dark streak from apex ; a terminal series of black 

 points. Hind wing grey, with rather darker terminal line ; 

 the cilia paler ; the underside with dark discoidal lunule. 



Hah. Canaries, TenerifFe {W. White), 1 ? type. Exp. 

 30 mm. 



Agaristidae. 



Genus Ap^gocera, nov. 

 Type, A, argyrogramma. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the second 

 joint fringed with long hair in front, forming a pointed tuft 

 at extremity, the third long, porrect, dilated at extremity ; 

 frons with truncate conical prominence, with raised rim ; an- 

 tennse moderately dilated towards extremity ; eyes smooth ; 

 tibiae nearly smooth and without spines ; abdomen with 

 dorsal crests on basal segments. Fore wing with vein 3 

 from towards angle of cell ; 5 from well above angle ; 6 from 

 upper angle; 9, 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 

 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 2 from near angle of 

 cell ; 3, 4 from angle ; 5 obsolescent from middle of disco- 

 cellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the 

 cell near base only. 



111«. Apcegocera argyrogramma, sp. n. 



(J . Head and thorax black ; palpi with some white at 

 extremity of first and second joints ; sides of frons white ; 

 back of head, tegulae, patagia, pro-, meso-, and metathorax 

 with paired white spots, patagia fringed with fulvous ; abdo- 

 men black, with white segmental lines, the first three segments 

 fulvous, with the dorsal crests blue-black ; pectus and femora 

 fulvous, the tibije and tarsi fuscous, ringed with white. Fore 

 wing with small black and white patch at base of costal area, 

 then fulvous suffused with fuscous, extending on costa to 



