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limited to a round spot, the second band interrupted and the sub- 

 marginal band composed of six white spots, of which the three 

 towards the costa are much smaller than the others. Length of the 

 body 9 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



a. Swan River. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



Fam. AGARISTIDiE. 



The genera Massaga, Phasis and Corydalla {Cat. Lep. Het. ii. 

 312, 358 ; vii. 1650) may be transferred to this family. 



Genus AGARISTA. 



Agarista contorta. 



Mas. Nigra ; caput viltis duabus fiavo-albis ; thorax vittis tribus 

 fiavo-albis, vitta media antice furcata ; abdomen apicem versus 

 ochraceum, coxce femoraque antice tibicegue ochracea ; alee 

 lituris fiavo-albis ; anticce fasciis tribus abbreviatis unaque 

 Integra, fascia 3a fracta, striga transversa basali, linea exte- 

 riore biangulata. venis exterioribus fiavo-albis ; posticce macula 

 magna angulata maculaque parva diffusa lineaque exteriore 

 angulata. 



Male. Black. Head with two yellowish white stripes. Palpi 

 whitish beneath. Thorax with three yellowish white stripes, the 

 middle one forked in front. Abdomen bright orange-red towards 

 the tip ; under side with two bright orange-red bands beyond the 

 middle. Tibiae, fore coxae and fore femora with bright orange-red 

 hairs. Wings purplish black, with yellowish white markings ; an 

 exterior line forming two deep angles in the fore wings and one in 

 the hind wings ; fringe white, with blackish intervals. Fore wings 

 with four bands and with a transverse basal streak ; first band 

 inclined towards the second hinclwai d, where it is abbreviated ; second 

 straight, entire ; third broader, dislocated in the middle, abbreviated 

 towards the angular line ; fourth extending from the costa nearly 

 to the line, less than half the breadth of the wing ; a streak along 

 each vein between the line and the exterior border. Hind wings 

 with a large angular spot and a small diffuse spot, the first near the 

 angle ot the line, the second nearer the interior border. Length oi 

 the body 14 lines ; of the wings 38 lines. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Stutchbury's collection. 

 6. Australia. Presented by R. Bakewell, Esq. 



