. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. ARCTAGYRTA.— 173 Genus ARCTAGYRTA, nov. Type, A. nana. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, hardly reaching vertex of head ; antennjB bipectinate, with moderate branches dilated at extremity ; mid and hind tibijB with minute terminal pairs of spurs. Fore wing with vein 3 from well before angle of cell; 4, 5 from angle; 6 from upper angle; 7 and 10 stalked ; 8, 9 absent; 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 3 from well before angle of cell; 4, 5 from
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. ARCTAGYRTA.— 173 Genus ARCTAGYRTA, nov. Type, A. nana. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, hardly reaching vertex of head ; antennjB bipectinate, with moderate branches dilated at extremity ; mid and hind tibijB with minute terminal pairs of spurs. Fore wing with vein 3 from well before angle of cell; 4, 5 from angle; 6 from upper angle; 7 and 10 stalked ; 8, 9 absent; 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 3 from well before angle of cell; 4, 5 from angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 from middle of cell. *1533. Arctagyrta nana. Jffl/rta nana, Wlk. vii. 1652 (1856); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 121. (5 . Black ; frons, palpi below, coxae, femora, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing with two hyaline streaks in cell ; a short streak below the cell; elon- gate patches between veins 2 and 4 and a minute streak above 4. Hind wing Fig. 'do.—Arctagyrta nana, ^. \. with hyaline streak in lower part of cell and a fascia below the cell and between veins 2 and 4. Hah. Amazons. Exp. 22 millim. Typef in Mus. Oxon. Genus AGOR-EA. Type. AgorcBtt, Aussereur. Schmett. p. 20 (1850) longicornis. .Pfl^arfl, Wlk. vii. 1678 (1856) longicornis. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned to just above vertex of head and smoothly scaled ; antennae of male bipectinate; tibiae with the spurs moderate ; abdomen dorsally clothed with long hair towards base. Fore wing with vein 3 from close to angle of cell; 5 from just above angle ; 6 from below upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 free. Hind wing with veins 3 and 5 from close to angle of cell ; 6 and 7 from upper angle; 8 from middle of cell. Sect. I. Antennas of male bipectinate with moderate branches, of female with short branches. A. Colour ochreous white rectilinea. B. Colour grey-brown. a. Head orange longicornis. b. Head grey-brown , minuta. 1534. Agoraea rectilinea. (Plat
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