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brown at base; an inbent line of small reddish brown spots from beyond end of 

 cell to middle on inner margin; a curved series of spots from costa to vein 7; 

 terminal brown streaks almost forming a line; cilia silvery golden. Hind wings 

 creamy white. Fore wings below whitish buff, the disc shaded with brown; the 

 base of costa brown. 

 Expanse 19 mm. 



Habitat. Castro, Parana, Brazil. 



Type. Cat. No. 25537, U. S. N. M. 



A specimen from Sao Paulo has the fore wing thinly irrorated 

 with brown, and the line more pronounced forming an angle 

 beyond cell with a fine inbent line to costa; this costal line is 

 very faintly indicated in the type specimen. 



Argyria anlonialis, new species. 



Male. Head and palpi white, the latter cinnamon below. Thorax and 

 shoulders reddish brown, the collar and patagia white. Abdomen white shaded 

 dorsally with gray. Fore wings white; costa cinnamon with an orange streak 

 at base; a medial orange yellow line, suffused with dark reddish brown, slightly 

 oblique and wavy, outangled at vein 5 and more deeply so at submedian, pre- 

 ceded in cell by a small curved similarly colored line, so a small white spot is 

 enclosed at end of cell; a triangular orange yellow spot on costa at apex with a 

 fine line from it to termen; termen narrowly and cilia orange yellow with a red- 

 dish brown line at base of cilia. Hind wings silvery white. Fore wings below 

 suffused with gray. 



Expanse 16 mm. 



Habitat. San Antonio, Colombia. 

 Type Cat. No. 25538, U. S. N. M. 



Argyria fingurialis Dyar has veins 7, 8, 9 stalked and should 

 be removed to Crambus. 



Platytes arimatheella, new species. 



Male. Head brown, palpi grayish brown, vertex light gray. Collar and 

 shoulders orange cinnamon; thorax gray with some brown scaling. Abdomen 

 above gray irrorated with cinnamon buff. Fore wings cupreous brown, paler 

 on inner margin and termen; costal margin broadly whitish, the costal edge 

 buff brown; from end of cell a broad, whitish, oblique fascia, narrower at inner 

 margin near tornus, edged with purple black scales; an outer inbent dark, but 

 indistinct, line from costa to fascia, followed by a lilacine shade obscured by 

 darker scales; faint dark terminal spots. Hind wings white with a terminal 

 grayish shade at apex. 



Expanse 22 mm. 



Habitat. Nicaragua. 



Type Cat. No. 25539, U. S. N. M. 



Near Platytes cndochalybella Hampson. 



Platytes damienella, new species. 



Male. Head and palpi white, the latter mottled laterally with cinnamon 

 buff. Collar and thorax white mottled with cinnamon buff. Abdomen 



