SYNEMON.— AGAEISTA. 7 



defined beyond the cell ; black discal spots nearly as above : secondaries with a white spot 

 just beyond end of cell, and some small white spots at apex. Expanse of wings 1 inch 7 lines. 

 New Holland. 



Synemon mopsa. (Plate III. fig. 3.) 

 Synemon mopsa, Doubleday, Stokes's Discov. Austral. App. i. p. 51S, pi. 3. fig. 7. 



Primaries dark brown ; three greyish white streaks at base of internal half; a white spot 

 at end of cell ; a waved discal series of elliptical whitish spots with blackish centres : secon- 

 daries fulvous, greyish at base, with three or four greyish brown spots on the disk (or dark 

 coppery brown, with a spot at end of cell and the disk castancous ; discal spots dark brown) . 

 Wings below light or dark brown, with paler markings : primaries cupreous tinted, with a 

 round spot, marked out by a broad ochraceous zone, beyond the end of the cell ; a subapical 

 series of blackish discal spots, bounded by a submarginal series of white spots. Expanse of 

 wings 1 inch 2i lines. 



South Australia. 



Synemon plana. (Plate III. fig. 7.) 

 Synemon plana, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 37. n. 5 (1854). 



Body above pale brown : primaries sordid white, irrorated with dark brown, with black 

 costal and outer borders ; a discal series of blackish white-edged spots : secondaries chrome- 

 yellow, outer border black-brown, fringe white-varied ; four or five black discal spots. Body 

 below white; the wings white, each with black and yellow margins, black-edged white fringe, 

 and three or four black spots on the disk. Expanse of wings 1 inch 3-4i lines. 



Australia. 



AGAKISTIDiE. 



AGARISTA, Leach. 



Agarista lewinii. (Plate IV. fig. 2.) 

 Agarista lewinii, Boisduval, Voy. de V Astrolabe, i. Lep. p. 176. n. 6. 



Primaries purplish black ; four spots on basal area, an angulated band beyond the middle, 

 a subapical decreasing discal series of dots, and a submarginal series of elongate dots sulphur- 

 yellow : secondaries purplish brown ; costal area paler, sericeous ; a squamose yellow spot 

 beyond end of cell : body black-brown, thorax yellow-varied, anal tuft ochreous. Wings 

 below with fewer spots than above ; body banded with orange. Expanse of wings 1 inch 

 10 lines to 2 inches 2 lines. 



Australia. 



