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*245. Thyrosticta agatha. 



Naclia agatha, Oberth. Et. Ent. xviii. p. 5, pi. 1. f. 12 (1893). 



$ . Head and thorax black-brown ; patagia orange ; abdomen 

 orange, with dorsal black stripe not reachinj^ base or extremity. 

 Pore wing black-brown, with orange antemedial patch from cell to 

 inner margin ; a spot in end of cell and subterminal spots on vein 2 

 and between veins 4 and 7. Hind wing orange, with terminal 

 dark band narrowing to before tornus. 



IJah. Madagascar. Exp. 28 millim. 



This species is nnknown to me. 



246. Thyrosticta quadrimacula. 



Naclia quadrimacula, Mab. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. iii. p. 85 (1878) ; Oberth. 



Et. Ent. xviii. pi. ]. t. 9 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 107. 

 Pseudonaclia sylvicolens, Butl. A.'^M. N. H. (5) ii,. p. 293 (1878). 

 Naclia quadrimacula, var. conjiuens, Oberth. Et. Eut. xviii. p. 3, pi. 1. 



f. 10 (1893). 

 Naclia perpetua, Oberth. Et. Ent. xviii. p. 3, pi. 1. f. 6 (1893). 



(5. Head and thora.x black-brown ; palpi marked with whitish; 

 patagia with golden yellow patches ; abdomen golden yellow, with 



dorsal and lateral brown stripes. 

 Fore wing dark brown, with 

 large elongate yellowish-white 

 basal patch ; a medial elliptical 

 patch from subcostal nervure to 

 submedian fold; a subapical 

 -p.^ ^c, round spot below costa and sub- 



Thyrosticta quadrimacula, S - \- terminal spot between veins 5 



and 3. Hind wing orange- 

 yeilow, with dark brown terminal band indented by the orange 

 area at middle. 



Ab. 1. conjiuens : fore wiiig with the subterminal spots con- 

 joined. 



Ab. 2. quadrimacula, Oberth. {nee Mab.): abdomen without 

 dorsal dark stripe. 



Hah. Madagascar, type st/luicoleus ( IF. D. Cowan). Kvp. 

 30 millim. 



247. Thyrosticta trimacula. 



Naclia trimacula, Mab. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. iii. p. 85 (1878) ; Oberth. Et. 

 Ent. xviii. pi. 1. f. 11 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 107. 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; patagia with orange 

 spots ; abdomen with orange at sides and on dorsum near base and 

 before extremity. Fore wing black, with elongate orange patch 

 on base of inner margin ; a round hyaline spot in end of cell edged 

 with orange scales, and with orange spot below it on and below 

 median nervure; round hyaUne spots edged with orange below costa 



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