776 CATALOGUE OF 



Ageophila TRANSMUTATA. 



Foem. Nigricans, robusta ; corpus subtus album ; palpi albidi, 

 porrecti, articulo 2o fuscescente ; abdominis segmenta albido 

 marginata ; ala anticce apice rotundatw, maculis tribus 

 flavescente-albis, 2a punctum nigrum includente, Sa postice 

 ochracea, macula strigaque posticis fasciaque marginali 

 ochraceis, fimbria nigricante uniguttata ; posticce cupreo- 

 fuscce. 



Female. Blackish, stout. Body white beneath. Palpi 

 whitish, smooth, porrect, extending very Httle beyond the head ; 

 third joint brownish, elongate-conical, shorter than the second. 

 Thorax dull ochraceous in front. Abdomen not extending beyond 

 the hind wings ; hind borders of the segments whitish. Fore wings 

 rounded at the tips, with three yellowish white spots ; second spot 

 smaller than the first, containing a blackish point; third smaller 

 than the second, ochraceous hindward ; interior border with an 

 ochraceous spot and an exterior ochraceous streak, the latter bent 

 outward towards the third spot ; marginal band ochraceous, com- 

 prising the fringe, fwhich has a blackish dot near the middle. 

 Hind wings cupreous-brown ; fringe cinereous, broad[y interlined 

 with brown. Length of the body b\ lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a — c. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



Agrophila rudisana. 



Foem. Sordide flavescente-alba, subtus cinerea; abdomen cinereum; 

 ales anticce angusta, apice rotundatce, fasciis tribus obscure 

 ochraceis, la postice dilatata, 2a Saque postice connexis, 

 fimbria nigricante ; postica? cinerea, marginem versus ob- 

 scuriores. 



Female. Dingy yellowish white, slender, cinereous beneath. 

 Palpi slender, smooth, obliquely ascending, hardly rising so high 

 as the vertex; third joint conical, minute. Abdomen cinereous, 

 hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Fore wings narrow, 

 rounded at the tips, with three very irregular dark ochraceous 

 bands ; first band much dilated hindward ; second and third 

 connected hindward ; costa and exterior border straight, the latter 

 rather oblique; fringe blackish, except towards the tips. Hind 



