166 W. SCHAUS. 



partly outlined in silver and containing a black point with some silver scales. 

 Some terminal black and silver points. Expanse 28 mm. 



Hab. — Castro, Parana. 



Argyroloine inexicaria.— Body light grey. Wings silvery grey, with 

 a few scattered metallic scales; primaries with the costa, fine, buff; an elongated 

 discal spot buflF, speckled with silver scales ; a subterminal buflf band not reach- 

 ing the costa and outwardly spotted with silver between the veins, this band pre- 

 ceded by a faint darker grey shade, the outer margin streaked with darker grey. 

 Secondaries: a darker grey discal spot, a subterminal buff line outwardly bor- 

 dered with silver, a terminal buff line inwardly spotted with black and silver. 

 Expanse 26 mm. 



Hab. — Jalapa, Mexico. Allied to both A. prospectata Snell. and 

 A. melee Druce. 



Bysso<Ies biinaciila. — Wliite. Primaries: the costa with numerous 

 black striie ; the inner first very oblique, the median less so, the outer and sub- 

 terminal lines nearly straight, a fine terminal darker brown line. Secondaries 

 with the inner median and subterminal lines of primaries continued and con- 

 verging at a yellow space about prolongation of wing, this yellow space contains 

 two black spots, the terminal line geminate. Expanse 32 mm. 



Hub. — Peru. Very similar to B. alodia Dogn., but differ.^ in 



more extended yellow space on secondaries and having two instead 



of a single black spot. 



Bapta iniionia. — Vertex dark brown. Body white. Wings yellowish 

 white, with a few scattered brown scales, a fine dark outer line crosses both 

 wings. (Postal margin of primaries finely yellow. Fringe white. Expanse 22 mm. 



Hab. — Castro, Parana. Allied to Bapta circumvallaria Snell. 



Bapta poiniiia. — Vertex bi'own. Body white. Wings silvery white, with 

 a few scattered brown scales, chiefly on outer margins, a black point in the cells, 

 an outer fine brown lunular line. Primaries with a trace of median line above 

 inner margin and the costa finely yellowish. Exjianse 22 mm. 



Hab. — Orizaba, Mexico. 



Bapta fidrata. — Vertex brown. Body buff. Wings light hull", thinly 

 speckled with sligiitly darker scales, an indistinct fine outer line crosses both 

 wings. The primaries witli the costa finely brown, a small dark point in the 

 cell. Expanse 23 mm. 



Hab. — Castro, Parana. Allied to Bapta liebetior Warr., which 

 I have, unfortunately, redescribed as B. ruptilinea. 



Bapta |;ri!«eata. — Vertex brown. Body and wings white, thickly cov- 

 ered with bluish grey scales. The costa of primaries narrowly liglit reddish 

 brown, a dark point in the cell, and indistinct, outer and subterminal lines. 

 Underneath white, the costal half of primaries shaded with light brown. A ter- 

 minal black line above atul below. Exi)anse 29 mm. 



Hab. — Bolivia. 



