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Fore wing white, costal edge finely edged with yellow, hardly showing 

 above. A broad, somewhat irregular oblique median fascia from costa at 

 three fifths, to inner margin at two fifths, extending somewhat outward along 

 costa and inward along inner margin, but not out along inner margin. It is 

 partly edged with brown and black scales. There is no trace of yellow on 

 distal half of inner margin. Terminal line umber brown, fringe yellow, shin- 

 ing, rather deeper at base. Hind wing wliitr. Under side of fore wing with 

 a slight yellow tint, deepening on the fringe. 15 mm. Gibsonville, N. C, 

 June 3, 1917. Type and paratype males in Cornell U. collection, type number 

 466. Trenton, Ont., July 6, 191 1; Caldwell, X. J., July 30, 1904; Mt. Airy, 

 Pa. (P. Laurent); Xew Brighton, Pa., July 5— Aug. 9; Everglade. Fla., Apr. 

 8-15: Hastings, Fla.. Apr.; paratypis in Barnes collection. Utica. X. Y., 

 July 14, 1918 (C. R. Crosby). 



Our species of Argyria may be separated as follows : 



Fore wing with transverse golden fascia, palpi long, R, joining Sc. 



Outer half of inner margin yellow auratella. 



Larger, 16 mm race auratella. 



Smaller, i o mm race pulchella. 



Outer half of inner margin white critica. 



Fore wing with faint transverse line or none, palpi short. R, free. 

 Head white, palpi largely white. 



Vertex all yellow, fore wing with a black subapical bar. 10 mm. 



lacteella. 



^'ertex white in center, no subapical bar. iS mm nivalis. 



Head and palpi deep yellow. 



A golden streak along inner margin, no transverse markings, .argentana. 



Inner margin wholly white ; a faint excurved transverse line and apical 



streak rileyella. 



Genus Platytes Guenee, 



P. multilineatella llulst. Theodore, Ala., June 12, 1917; Biloxi, Miss., Tune 



13. 19' ;• 

 P. panalope Dyar. Biloxi, Miss., June 13, 1917. 



Genus Eoreuma Ely. 



E. densellus Zell. Sabine River Ferry. La., opposite Orange. Tex., June 20, 

 1917 ; Dcvers, Tex.. June 21. 



The specimens show definitely the characters of Eoreuma. with 

 Rj free and R., stalked. 



Genus Chile Zincken. 



" Diatrcca'' allcni and diffcrciitiiilis, and "Cliilo" forbcscllus and 

 comptulalis have R, free like Chilo. Init lack ocelli, like Diatrcva and 



