Genera ami Si'ecies of Agarlstitlx'. 241 



on the veins and minute iliscoidal point. Hind wing with 

 minute discoidal point. 



Ilab. Uganda, Ei»tebbe {Mirichin), 1 ? type. Exp. 

 60 mm. 



Agaristidae. 

 81. Xanthospilopteryj- I/oniimam'. 

 Subsp. Minchiniy no v. 



? . Fore wing with the antemedial and medial yellowish- 

 white patches confluent, leaving a slight black streak on 

 middle ot" subcostal nervure with small spots below it in and 

 below middle of cell ; a yellowish-white streak above inner 

 margin, except towards base and tornus ; the oblique band 

 beyond the cell much broader, a fascia between veins '6, 2 

 from below end of cell to near termen ; the spot above tornus 

 slight. Hind wing with the terminal band narrower and 

 with slightly waved inner edge. 



JJab. Uganda, Entebbe {Mincliiii), 1 $ type. Exp. 

 82 mm. 



Genus Acantuekta, nov. 

 Type, ^-1. ( Tuerta) thomensis^ Jord. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the second joint 

 fringed with long hair in front, the third porrect and some- 

 what dilated at extremity ; irons with truncate conical 

 proniineiice with raised rim in front and corneous plate below 

 it, very narrow above between the eyes, whicli are naked ; 

 antennae somewhat dilated towards extremity; mid and liind 

 tibiai spined ; abdomen witii dorsal crests on first two seg- 

 ments. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle 

 of cell ; (3 from uj)per angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing witli 8 

 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins '6, 4 

 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of disco- 

 cellulars ; 6, 7 from up[)er angle, 8 anastomosing with the 

 cell near base only. 



IGla. Tuerta cyanojmsta^ sp. n. 



9 . Head and thorax black-brown ; pectus pale orange at 

 sides; fore tibiaj and the tarsi with greyisli rings; hind 

 tibiaj with the basal half mostly orange and fringed with 

 orange hair; abdomen orange, the dorsal crests black, the 

 extremity blue-black, the ventral surface with the basal half 

 brownish, the terminal half blue-black and torming an 



