Mr. A. G. Butler 07i new Species o/*Agari8ti(la3. 137 



Zerenida?. In fact Arycanda maculata, Walk., is closely allied 

 to Panathia (jeorgiata^ Guende ; \\\\\\>it Pancpthia pervcuiata, 

 Walk., is perhaps no more than a variety of Ti<jrido2)tera exul 

 of llerricli-ScliiifFer. 



The following species are new : — 



Genus VlTilORA, Moore (allied to Ilespagarista). 

 Vithora agrionides^ n. sp. 



Resembles Cystidia stratontce, Cramer, excepting in the 

 body*. 



^ ? . Wings above black ; primaries with an interno- 

 median patch cut by the median ncrvure, and terminating just 

 before first median branch, a large blotch immediately beyond 

 it, within the cell, and an angulated discal band, cut by six 

 black nervures, subhyaline white ; secondaries with the basal 

 third and a subangulatcd discal band, cut by six black nei-vurcs, 

 subhyaline white. Body : thorax dark brown, laterally streaked 

 Avith ochre-yellow in front, collar yellow: abdomen ochre- 

 yellow, with a dorsal series of large dark brown spots and 

 lateral series of narrow small spots ; below ochre-yellow ; 

 venter with two parallel series of large dark brown spots. 



Expanse of wings 2 inches 5 to 6 lines. 



Ilakodadi {Whitely). CoU. B.M. 



Genus Agarista, Leach. 



Before proceeding to describe new species in this genus, I 

 wish to call attention to one or two points in Dr. Boisduval's 

 recent paper. 



Speaking of the genera Eusemia and AJypia (p. 43), Dr. 

 Boisduval says " Nous les avons adopt^s plutot comme di- 

 visions que comme genres proprement dits." It appears to 

 me that he has not been careful in separating the species 

 evidently referable to these " divisions." For instance, -4^a/-2sf a 

 Rosenhergii^ of Felder's unpublished plates, is clearly almost as 

 nearly allied to Agarista agricola as to A. milete, Cr. ; yet 

 Dr. Boisduval commences his genus Agarista with A. agri- 

 cola, but places A. Rosenberg ii as the 24th species oi Eusemia 

 and between E. pallida, Walker, an undoubted Eusemia, and 

 '' E. milete,^^ which is an Agarista. The species which follow 

 {E. luctifera, fenestrata, semyron=chrysospila, Walk., and 

 radians, n. 47) are all Agaristce ; the following I have not 

 seen, but suspect that they also belong to the same group : — 



• I have to thank Mr. Stretch for calling my attention to Cramer's 

 figiu-e. Cystidia is probably a mimic of Vilhurn. 



