238 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



and nearer 3 than 6 ; vein 8 is thrown off near the base of the wing. A 

 second species of the genus Argyrophyes will then be : 



Ai'gyrophyes nigrofasciata Zeller, Beitr., i, 8, Tab. 11, fig. i (Nola), 

 1872. 



Eustroiia obaurata Morr., Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., 154, 1874. 



My specimen is a female. Zeller describes and figures the male, which 

 seems to differ unimportantly. 



We have here two white species which seem to differ from all known 

 species of the group in the squarer primaries, longer palpi, more rounded 

 secondaries, and in the details of the venation. The ornamentation is 

 remarkable for the metallic scales accompanying the discal spots. 



In a forthcoming paper I hope to be able to give corrected drawings 

 of the venation of Argyrophyes. 



In describing obaurata Mr. Morrison does not mention the black dot 

 at base of primaries, and he calls the median space " blackish gray " ; 

 Zeller calls it " brown." In the specimen before me it seems to have an 

 olive cast; it would be described as "obscure olive-brown.'' The scat- 

 tered metallic scales are very obvious. In Mr. Morrison's description I 

 find no mention of the ante-marginal shade line. But the rest of the 

 description is accurate, and I recognized this species from it in Mr. von 

 Meske's collection at Albany. 



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