ARCTAGYRTA. — AGOR.EA. 173 



Genus ARCTAGYRTA, nov. 



Type, A. nana. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, hardly reaching vertex of head ; 

 antennjB bipectinate, with moderate branches dilated at extremity ; mid and 

 hind tibijB with minute terminal pairs of spurs. Fore wing with vein 3 from 

 well before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle; 6 from upper angle; 7 and 10 

 stalked ; 8, 9 absent; 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 3 from well before 

 angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 from middle 

 of cell. 



*1533. Arctagyrta nana. 



Jffl/rta nana, Wlk. vii. 1652 (1856); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 121. 



(5 . Black ; frons, palpi below, coxae, femora, and ventral surface 



of abdomen whitish. Fore 

 wing with two hyaline 

 streaks in cell ; a short 

 streak below the cell ; elon- 

 gate patches between veins 

 2 and 4 and a minute 

 streak above 4. Hind wing 

 Fig. 'do.—Arctagyrta nana, ^ . \. with hyaline streak in lower 



part of cell and a fascia 

 below the cell and between veins 2 and 4. 



Hah. Amazons. Exp. 22 millim. Typef in Mus. Oxon. 



Genus AGOR-EA. 



Type. 



AgorcBtt, Herr.-Schaff. Aussereur. Schmett. p. 20 (1850) longicornis. 



.Pfl^arfl, Wlk. vii. 1678 (1856) longicornis. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned to just above vertex of head and 

 smoothly scaled ; antennae of male bipectinate ; tibiae with the spurs moderate ; 

 abdomen dorsally clothed with long hair towards base. Fore wing with vein 

 3 from close to angle of cell ; 5 from just above angle ; 6 from below upper 

 angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 1 1 free. Hind wing with veins 3 and 5 from close to 

 angle of cell ; 6 and 7 from upper angle ; 8 from middle of cell. 



Sect. I. Antennas of male bipectinate with moderate branches, of female with 

 short branches. 



A. Colour ochreous white rectilinea. 



B. Colour grey-brown. 



a. Head orange longicornis. 



b. Head grey-brown , minuta. 



1534. Agoraea rectilinea. (Plate XLIV. fig. 2.) 



Halesidota rectilinea, Burm. Descr. Eep. Arg, viii. p. 445 (1878) • Kirbv 

 Cat. Het. p. 211. 



^ . Ochreous white ; palpi with black spots, frons with black 

 bar with two orange spots above it ; antennae black streaked with 

 white ; vertex of head with one black and two orange spots ; tegul^ 

 orange below ; shoulders with extrusible tufts of long hair ; vertex 

 of thorax with black stripe ; an orange lateral stiipe ; legs striped 

 with black ; fore coxae orange at sides ; abdomen orange, with dorsal 



