. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. THYROSTICTA. 131 *245. Thyrosticta agatha. Naclia agatha, Oberth. Et. Ent. xviii. p. 5, pi. 1. f. 12 (1893). $ . Head and thorax black-brown; patagia orange; abdomen orange, with dorsal black stripe not reachinj^ base or extremity. Pore wing black-brown, with orange antemedial patch from cell to inner margin ; a spot in end of cell and subterminal spots on vein 2 and between veins 4 and 7. Hind wing orange, with terminal dark band narrowing to before tornus. IJa
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. THYROSTICTA. 131 *245. Thyrosticta agatha. Naclia agatha, Oberth. Et. Ent. xviii. p. 5, pi. 1. f. 12 (1893). $ . Head and thorax black-brown; patagia orange; abdomen orange, with dorsal black stripe not reachinj^ base or extremity. Pore wing black-brown, with orange antemedial patch from cell to inner margin ; a spot in end of cell and subterminal spots on vein 2 and between veins 4 and 7. Hind wing orange, with terminal dark band narrowing to before tornus. IJah. Madagascar. Exp. 28 millim. This species is nnknown to me. 246. Thyrosticta quadrimacula. Naclia quadrimacula, Mab. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. iii. p. 85 (1878); Oberth. Et. Ent. xviii. pi. ]. t. 9 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 107. Pseudonaclia sylvicolens, Butl. A.'^M. N. H. (5) ii,. p. 293 (1878). Naclia quadrimacula, var. conjiuens, Oberth. Et. Eut. xviii. p. 3, pi. 1. f. 10 (1893). Naclia perpetua, Oberth. Et. Ent. xviii. p. 3, pi. 1. f. 6 (1893). (5. Head and black-brown ; palpi marked with whitish; patagia with golden yellow patches; abdomen golden yellow, with dorsal and lateral brown stripes. Fore wing dark brown, with large elongate yellowish-white basal patch; a medial elliptical patch from subcostal nervure to submedian fold; a subapical -p.^ ^c, round spot below costa and sub- Thyrosticta quadrimacula, S - \- terminal spot between veins 5 and 3. Hind wing orange- yeilow, with dark brown terminal band indented by the orange area at middle. Ab. 1. conjiuens : fore wiiig with the subterminal spots con- joined. Ab. 2. quadrimacula, Oberth. {nee Mab.): abdomen without dorsal dark stripe. Hah. Madagascar, type st/luicoleus (IF. D. Cowan). Kvp. 30 millim. 247. Thyrosticta trimacula. Naclia trimacula, Mab. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. iii. p. 85 (1878); Oberth. Et. Ent. xviii. pi. 1. f. 11; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 107. 2. Head, thorax, and abdomen black; patagia with orange spots ; abd
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