LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 777 



wings cinereous, slightly and diffusedly darker towards the ex- 

 terior border. Length of the body 2\ lines; of the wings 7 lines. 



a, b. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



Agrophila trifariana. 



Mas. Ochracea ; caput nigro fasciatum ; thorax postice niger ; 

 alee antica? maculis dnabus costalibus Jlavis, 2o punctum 

 ochraceum nigro notatum includente, gutta exteriore costali 

 Jlava, slriga basali, maculis duabus discalibus, fascia exteriore 

 interrupta maculaque marginali nigris ; posticce ceneo-fusca?, 

 fimbria alba. 



Male. Ochraceous, paler beneath. Head with a black band 

 in front. Palpi smooth, obliquely ascending, not rising so high as 

 the vertex; third joint conical, about one-fourth of the length of 

 second. Antennae minutely pubescent. Thorax black hindward. 

 Fore wings rouuded at the tips, with two pale yellow costal spots 

 and with an exterior pale yellow costal dot ; first spot bordered 

 hindward by a broad black streak, which proceeds from the base ; 

 second including a costal ochraceous black-marked point, and con- 

 tiguous to two black discal spots ; an exterior black band, inter- 

 rupted near the costa ; a black spot on the exterior border. Hind 

 wings aeneous-brown ; fringe white, brown towards the base. 

 Length of the body 3J lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. ? 



Genus METOPONIA, C. L. H. xii. 775. 



METOPONIA AGATHA. 



I 



agatha, Std. Stett. Ent. Zeit. xxii. 1861, 287. 

 Greece. 



Genus XANTHODES, C. Z. H. xii. 777. 



Xanthodes fimbriata. 



Fcem. Flava ; caput album ; palpi oblique ascendentes, supra 

 cerviniy articulo 3o lanceolato ; thorax antice albus ; abdomen 

 album, suturis cervinis ; ala? antica? striga exteriore diffusa 

 fusca, margine exteriore Jimbriaque obscure fuscis'; posticce 

 albce y iridescentes, apud marginem exteriorem auratce. 



