AG ARISTA. 540 



43. Agarista agricola. 



Papilio agricola, Donov. Ins. New. IIoU. pi. 32. f. 1 (1805) ; Kirby, Cat, 



Het. p. 21. 

 Aqarisf.a picta, Leach, Zool. Misc. i. p. 38, pi. 1.5 (1815); Duncan, Nat. 

 ' Libi-., Exot. Moths, v. p, 83, pi. 2. f. 1. 



6 . Black ; 1st and 2nd joints of palpi, sides of frons, vertex of 

 head, gulae, a baud on tegulae, and extremity of patagia pale yellow ; 

 pectus and femora with the hair pink ; fore and mid tibiae and 

 tarsi with white points, the mid tibite streaked with orange ; abdomen 

 with the anal tuft orange. Fore wing with oblique pale yelloAv 

 fascia from below middle of cell to base of inner margin ; a sub- 

 basal blue line from costa to below cell ; the antemedial blue line 



Fig. 242. — Agarlsta acfricola, (^ . 



sliglitly excurved below costa, then oblique to submedian fold ; a 

 large orange spot in end of cell, with smaller spots below it above 

 and below base of vein 2 ; an oblique postmedial series of orange 

 spots between veins 7 and 2 in echelon of two, two, and one spots ; 

 the postmedial line represented by blue spots running obliquely from 

 vein 2 to 4, then two curved marks, then as a line retracted to 

 below end of cell and stronger towards inner margin, with four 

 spots beyond it on veins 7 to 5 and one near tornus ; cilia white at 

 apex, and white-tipped towards tornus. Hind wing with maculate 

 blue medial band from below costa to inner margin ; a maculate crimson 

 postmedial band from vein 4 to near tornus ; cilia white with some 

 black at base ; underside with blue streaks on basal area below 

 costa and cell, and pale yellow and bluish spots in cell and on 

 discocellulars. 



$ . Tegulse except in front, patagia, and thorax pale yellow ; 

 fore wing with the yellow on basal area extending to below coeta. 



Hah. Queensland, Moreton Bay {Darnel), 5 c? , 4 5 ; New Souxn 

 Wales, Sydney {Raynor), 1 6 . Exp., d" 70, $ 84 millim. 



Subsp. 1. Uformis, Butl. A.M.N.H. (5) xiv. p. 404 (1884); Kirby, Cat. 

 Het. p. 21. 



Fore wing of female with the spots in and below cell and the 

 oblique postmedial series pale yellow ; hind wing in both sexes 

 with the crimson maculate band not extending above vein 3. 



Hah. ^. Australia, Pt. Darwin {J. J. WaVcer), 2 c? , 4 $ , type. 



