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purplish fuscous towards extremity. .Fore wing with a dark sub- 

 basal patch on the costa ; the line bounding the yellow area more 

 regular ; a small rufous discocellular mark instead of the yellow 

 lunule ; the postmedial line obscure. 



Hob. Punjab ; Bombay Presidency ; Mlgiris ; Ceylon ; Burma, 

 Exp. 16 millim. 



SECT. II. Fore wing broader, the apex not produced. 



A. (Sagariphora). Hind tibice of male with tufts of long hair at 

 extremity on inner and outer sides, the tarsus fringed with hair 

 on outer side; hind wing with fringe of long hair on inner 

 area below. 



4795. Agrotera magnificalis, Hmpsn. III. Het. ix, p. 173, pi. 174,. 



fig. 17. 

 Sagariphora heliochlaena, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1894, p. 461. 



$ . Differs from scissalis in the head being rufous ; the abdomen 



fuscous, slightly rufous 

 towards base ; the thorax 

 and basal half of fore 

 wing thickly irrorated 

 with orange; the base 

 of hind wing pale, with 

 only slight traces of 



Fig. W2.- Agrotera magnificat, J. } . n g e 1 and f . the 



oblique line at lower 



angle of cell ; no white suffusion beyond the line except at costa 

 of fore wing ; the outer area and underside browner. 



c? with the outer area of fore wing and the hind wing yellower. 



Hal). Ceylon ; Sumbawa. Exp. 32 millim. 



B. Hind legs and inner area of hind wing smoothly scaled. 



4796. Agrotera scissalis, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1526. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen pale yellow irrorated with orange r 

 the last fuscous towards extremity ; palpi, fore tibiae, and distal 

 tarsal joints fuscous ; wings with the basal half pale yellow 

 irrorated with orange, and bounded by a nearly straight black 

 line ending at anal angle of hind wing, the area beyond it suffused 

 with white to the postmedial series of black specks and oblique 

 black striga from costa of fore wing, outer area purplish fuscous ; 

 a marginal series of black specks. 



Hob. Sikhim ; Khasis ; Nagas ; Ceylon ; Rangoon ; Java. Step* 

 24 millim. 



4797. Agrotera coelatalis, Wlk. Cat. xvii, p. 488 ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. 



iii, pi. 182, fig. 10 ; C.-Q S. no. 4365. 



Head and thorax metallic purplish grey; abdomen ochreous. 



