46 CATALOGUE OF 



Ag arista flexuosa. 



Mas. Nigra; caput vittis duabus flo.vo-albis ; thorax vittis tribus 

 flavo-albis, vitta media antice jurcata ; abdomen apicem versus 

 ochraceum ; coxa, femoraque antica tibiceque ochracece; alee 

 purpureo-nigrce ; antica striga transversa basali, fasciis tribus 

 abbreviatis unaque Integra, linea exteriore biangulata venisque 

 exterioribus fiavo- albis ; posticce guttis subtus diffusis fiavo- 

 albis, fimbria albo guttata. 



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. Fore wings with yellowish white 

 markings ; a transverse basal streak ; four bands ; first band inclined 

 towards the second hindward, where it is abbreviated; second 

 straight, entire ; third broader, abbreviated towards the line ; fourth 

 extending from the costa towards the line, shorter than half the breadth 

 of the wing; an exterior line forming two angles; a streak along 

 each vein between the line and the exterior border ; fringe black, 

 white about the tips of the wings, and with a few white points 

 towards the interior angle. Hind wings with white dots on the 

 fringe ; the markings of the hind wings of A. contorta traceable by 

 a few diffuse dots on the under side. Length of the body 1 1 lines ; 

 of the wings '32 lines. 



This species may be especially distinguished from A. contorta 

 by the hind angle of the exterior line of the fore wings, which 

 is much more rounded, and by the want of markings on the hind 

 wings. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



Agarista alienata. 



Fcem. Nigra; palpi erecti, articulo So lineari ; abdomen supra 

 luteum, fasciis tribus apiceque nigris ; alee anticce nigro- 

 vyanece, extus nigro-purpurece, puncto basali punctoque discali 

 albis ; poaticcb nigro-jsurpurece, bad lutece. 



