556 



Agaristid^. 



veins 7 to 4 ; cilia white at apex. Hind wing with some yellow 

 scales on basal part of median nervure and vein 1 ; a yellow post- 

 medial band from just above vein 6 to inner margin towards which 

 it narrows ; a yellow patch at apex. 



Hah. Queensland, Brisbane, 3 (S . Exp. 48-52 millim. Type t 

 2 niacleayi in Mus. Oxon. 



Sect. II, Wings of male normal ; the claspers large. 



A. Fore wing with pale streaks on veins of terminal area. 

 a. Tegulas and patagia yellow. 



a^. Hind wing wichout whitish patch at base. 



a"-. Fore wing with whitish band extending from near 



base to beyond middle neiirogramiiui. 



P. Fore wing with oblique postmedial band megisto. 



c'^. Fore wing with erect diamond-sliaped spot beyond 



lower angle of cell restricta. 



b^. Hind wing with the basal area whitish hasiplaga. 



h. Tegulas and patagia black glycince. 



B. Fore wing without pale strviaks on veins of terminal area. 

 a. Fore wing with the submedian interspace suftused with 



rufous ardesceiis. 



h. Fore wing with the submedian interspace not suffused 

 with rufous. 



a^. Abdomen with lateral series of white points trisiifica. 



bK Abdomen without lateral series of white points. 



a^. Fore wing with pale yellow spots polt/sticta. 



b'^. Fore wing with white band beyond the cell. 

 a^. Tegulse edged with orange ; fore wing with 



white spot in cell goldiei. 



b^. Tegulse edged with white ; fore wing without 



white spot in cell inco7ispicua. 



*52. Phalaenoides neurogramma. (Plate LII. fig. 8.) 



Agarista neurogramma, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1889, p. 468 ; Kirby, Cat. 

 Het. p. 24. 



(5 . Head and thorax orange ; palpi marked in front and behind 

 with black, the 3rd joint, antennae, and spots on tegulse and patagia 

 black ; pectus and legs black, the mid tibise banded with grey, the 

 hind femora and tibiae grey ; abdomen bluish black, with the anal 

 tuft orange-yellow. Fore wing dirty white ; a basal blue-black 

 band from casta to vein 1 ; a similar subbasal oblique band from 

 just below costa to inner margin ; the medial area suffused with 

 smoky grey, the costa, subcostal nervure, and inner margin streaked 

 with black; the terminal area black, very widely on costa, narrowing 

 to vein 2 where its inner edge is bent inwards, the veins streaked 

 with dirty white. Hind wing black-brown with a slight bluish 

 tinge; the cilia whitish towards tornus. Underside black; fore 

 wing with oblique white postmedial band from below costa to 

 above tornus ; hind wing with the base of costa streaked with 

 white. 



Hah. N. Guinea, Mt. Obree (Sayer), type t J i" Coll. Meyrick. 

 Hxp. 44 millim. 



