AGARISTA PICTA. 85 



A. pkta is an elegant insect, measuring about 

 two inches and a half between the tips of the 

 wings. The fore wings are black, with a short 

 longitudinal bar of pale green scales at the base, 

 continuous with a bar of the same colour at the 

 hinder part of the thorax ; behind this is a curved 

 and rather indistinct fascia of bluish scales, which is 

 succeeded by a large oval orange-coloured spot, at 

 some distance from which is an irregular row of six 

 oval spots of the same colour ; behind this a slight 

 fascia of bluish scales, which is indistinctly con- 

 tinued in a serpentine form beneath both the orange 

 bars so as to appear continuous with the middle bar 

 of the hind wings ; still nearer the apex of the wings 

 are several patches of greenish scales, and the ex- 

 treme tip is white. The hind wings are black, 

 with a central cross bar of greenish-blue scales ; and 

 there is a dark pink fascia extending from the anal 

 angle half-way across the wing. The thorax is 

 black, spotted in front with pale green, and having 

 a pale green transverse fascia at the base, and a 

 broader one at the apex of the tippets. The abdo- 

 men is black, with a terminal tuft of orange- coloured 

 hairs. The palpi, as well as the hairs round the 

 eyes, are white : the breast and thighs clothed with 

 long red hairs. The four anterior tibiae have an 

 orange line externally, and the tips of the tarsal 

 joints are annulated with white. The anal appa- 

 ratus of the specimen here figured is remarkable; 

 consisting of two very large valves arising from the 

 extremity of the bod-y and recurved ; between these 



