£C KOCTIUPJI 



b*. Fore wing without black htreak on iiicdiuii nervure 



or prev-wliilo juitcli below end of cell riijl<r/is. 



A'. Fore wing witli vtUow fasciix in and bevond end of 

 cell. 

 «'. Fore wiug with three black points in upper part 



of cell chrj/stiUt. 



li*. Fore winp without black points in cell jxiUidi^tria. 



b. Fore wing without red or brown sufTusiion below base 

 of cell, 

 a'. Fore wing with black streak in base of subuiedian 

 fold. 

 a^. Fore wing with prominent pale yellow fasciae in 



discal and sulnncdian folds hiomala. 



P. Fore wing with hardly any yellow in discal and 

 suhniedian folds. 

 o'. Fore wing strongly suffused and irrorated with 

 brown; hind wing with the terminal area 



strongly suffused with brown bafsanii/ce. 



'''. Fore wing and terminal area of hind wing 



slightly tinged with pale brown sahitlosa. 



i>\ Fore wing without black streak in base of^ sub- 

 median fold lactea. 



2174. Empusada argyrina. (Plate XCVIII. fig. 12.) 



CucuUia ari/yrina, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 150, pi. 9. f. 3 (1852). 

 Argyritis pura, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1883, p. 80. 



cf {pura). Head and thorax white pencilled with pale brown ; 

 abdomen white. Fore wing bright red-brown, the inner area paler ; 

 a silvery-wliito fascia in and above cell to just below costa, curved 

 upwards beyond the cell to a point at apex ; a white streak on vein 1 

 from before middle to beyond middle; a white line just before termen 

 between veins 7 and 2 ; cilia white with three brown lines through 

 them. Hind wing white, the terminal area reddish brown, rather 

 broadly at costa and narrowing to a point at submedian fold ; the 

 underside wholly white. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen browner ; hind wing wholly 

 tinged with brown. 



The tyi)ical form from Argentina and Uruguay has the inner 

 area of fore wing almost wholly white and the hind wing of female 

 as in the male. 



Hah. Aboentina (Thomas), 1 cJ , 1 $ ; Urtigxjat ; Chili, Coquimbo 

 (./. J. Walker, Edmonds), 3 J , 1 $ type ^H«m. Kvp., (^ 32, $ 

 36 miilim. 



21 7o. Einpusada argentina. 



yoctua argeniina, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. I(i2 (1787); Iliibn. Eur. Schmeft., 

 Noct. f. 553; Dup. Lcp. Fr. vii. p. 442, pi. 127. f. 5; Staud. Cat. Lep. 

 pal. p. 217. 



Cucidlia achalina, Piing. Iris, xiii. p. 120 (1900). 



Head and thorax ochroous white, the head tinged with brown, 

 the tegular with two dark lines, a few black-tipped scales on upper 

 tdge of patagia ; ubdomcn ochreous white, the extremity of ventral 

 surface often with some rufous. Fore wing pale yellow, the cell 

 and area above its base and below it from just below costa to sub- 



