OTe NOCTUIDE. 
patch on medial costal area extending to discal fold and smaller 
patches beyond the postmedial and subterminal lines and on termen 
above tornus without silver suffusion ; some white on basal costal 
area ; an indistinct oblique white antemedial line with slight dark 
marks on its inner side; a faint whitish point in middle of cell; 
reniform a small white lunule with brownish centre; postmedial 
line blackish slightly defined on each side by whitish, bent outwards 
below costa, then waved, oblique to discal fold, then inwardly 
oblique to middle of inner margin, a white point beyond it on 
costa and a blackish streak below costa; subterminal line white, 
minutely waved towards costa, excurved at middle, angled inwards 
at discal fold and vein 2, then erect to tornus; a terminal series of 
black-brown spots. Hind wing brown, the costal area whitish ; 
cilia white at tips; the underside grey-white, the costal area tinged 
with brown. 
Hab. Costa Rica, Carillo (Schaus), type f ¢ in U.S. Nat. Mns. 
Exp. 40 millim. 
Secr. III. Hind wing of male with fringe of long hair below costa on 
upperside. 
A. Fore wing suffused with brilliant silver; hind wing brownish argentea. 
B. Fore wing silvery grey; hind wing white.................esceeeees nitescens. 
6692. Eleognatha argentea. 
Eleognatha argentea, Schaus, A. M. N. H. (8) vi. p. 204 (1910). 
Head and thorax white mixed with some chocolate-brown and 
blackish ; palpi with the 2nd joint black at sides; fore tarsiringed 
with black, the mid tarsi with some brown at base of Ist joint, 
the other joints black above; abdomen white dorsally tinged 
with grey, the basal crest brown at tip. Fore wing white 
slightly irrorated with brown and suffused with brilliant silver 
Fig. 140.—Eleognatha argentea, 3. 3 
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{o postmedial line except on costal area; patches of chocolate- 
brown suffusion on costal area at middle and from postmedial 
line to apex; a small round black spot of raised scales with 
white annulus at middle of cell; a slight oblique white discoidal 
lunule with striga of raised brown scales in its upper part; 
postmedial line chocolate-brown, strongly bent outwards below 
