184 riiOCKKDlXas OF THE yATIOXAL MUSEUM. voi,. xxx. 



inclosino- ji Avhitish washed space: a white subapieal dash from costa 

 directed towai'd inaroin; u sulnnarginal line, white apicjUly, metallic 

 silvery below: terminal space tilled in with yellow between these lines. 

 Secondaries Avhitish in the submedian fold and anal margin, elsewhere 

 sutiused with grey; a large yellow extra discal patch: outer area with 

 the usual dark speckling ti"ansformed into a l>rown nuclear band, 

 retracted from the terminal marks by a pure white space: six subcon- 

 Huent deep black marginal spots, separated l)y violaceous metallic 

 scales on the inner side, joined ])y dark grey in the middle and divided 

 by yellow specks at the margin. 



FZ'-jxinse. — Female, 81 nun. 



Hah) tat. — ( xuadalajara, Mexico. 



7}/y..'.— Cat. No. 9612. U.S.N.M. 



ARGYRACTIS HERMINALIS, new species. 



Primaries nearly solidly suffused with grey, the white ground 

 appearing- partially along- the inner margin; a small white costal bar 

 at middle; dis<'al mark oV>lique, yellow, preceded and followed b}' scat- 

 tered pale blue metallic scales; a large curved yellow mark before 

 anal angle; a white subapical dash closely followed b}- a yellow line 

 that curves inward ])elow the end of the dash nearly to discal nuirk: 

 subterrainal line white above, silvei-grej' l)elow; terminal line yellow; 

 fringe dark grey: some metallic blue scales near anal angle. Sec- 

 ondaries grey suffused except in submedian folds and base of cell: a 

 >'ellow extra-discal mark followed by a dark gre}' bar; then a line of 

 pale blue metallic scales: then another yellow band, above which are 

 two slender wavy dark lines running nearly to apex, separated by yel- 

 lowish; a marginal brownish black band on upper half of outer mar- 

 gin, cut into on its inner edge by irregular whitish spottings. but not 

 divided into spots nor intensely black and not ornamented with metallic 

 scales. 



Expanse. — Female, '1\ nun. 



//c/Z^i'Va^.— Guadalajara, Mexico. 



Type.—<:^t. No. JMU8, T.S.N.M. 



ARGYRACTIS JALAPALIS, new species. 



Very similar to .1. (/ua(lar<'ii.sls vSchaus, but only half the size. Pri- 

 maries brown dusted on white, the markings the same as (ftiiK^iirenxix 

 except for a faint whitish bar at middle of wing on itmer margin. 

 Secondaries as in (/iKnfannKis^ but the metallic bar has a more pearly, 

 less bluish luster, and there is a greater infiltration of yellow in the 

 subapical marking. 



Ki'jxifusc. — Female, 17 mm. 



IFah'itat. — Jalapa. Mexico. 



7///A. Cat. iNo. IXUl, r.S.N.M. 



