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and legs brown mixed with whitish. Fore wing pale reddish hroAvn 

 tinared with srrev and with sli2:ht dark iiToration ; a very indistinct 

 dark antemedial line, oblique to median nervure, then inwardly 

 oblique ; two slight dark discoidal points ; a very indistinct medial 

 line, slightly excurved beyond the cell ; an indistinct dark postmedial 

 line, oblique to vein 6, then sHghtly waved, oblique below vein 4, 

 some white points beyond it on costa ; a very indistinct pale waved 

 subterminal line slightly defined on inner side by fuscous ; a series 

 of blackish points before termen. Hind wing pale reddish brown, 

 the terminal area grey-brown ; faint traces of a subterminal line ; 

 cilia whitish at tips. Underside of fore wing grey irrorated with 

 fuscous brown, a dai-k subterminal shade diffused on inner side, the 

 area beyond it white ; hind Aving whitish irrorated with brown, a 

 black discoidal point, diffused curved medial line, faint curved 

 jxjstmedial line, subterminal shade, and series of black points before 

 termen. 



Hah. Grenada {II. H. Smith), 1 d type. Exp. 28 millim. 



Genus ARGIEOSTEOTIS.* 



Type. 



Agnomoma, Iliibn. Zntr. iii. p. 10 (1825), non descr anihs. 



Argyrostrotis, Hiibn. Verz. p. 253 (18l!7) anilis, 



Toaphila, Guen. Xoct. iii. p. 299 (1852) deleta. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about 

 vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth, with 

 tuftof hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male ciliated ; tliorax clothed 

 with hair and scales mixed and without crests; tibise smoothly sealed, the fore 

 and ])ind tibiie not spined ; abdomen smooth!}' scaled and without crests. Fore 

 wing with the apex somewhat produced and acute, the termen evenly curved 

 and slightly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; from upper 

 angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. 

 Hind wing with the cell half the length of wing; veins 3,4 from angle; 

 5 fully developed from above angle; G, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing 

 with the cell near base only. 



A. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey. 



a. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved to vein 4, 



then incurved sui^ufula. 



b. Fore wing with the postmedial line erect biicetum. 



c. Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique. 



«^ Fore wing with the area beyond the postmedial line 

 not broadly suffused with red-brown. 

 a'^. Fore wing with the antemedial line white and nearly 



straight pacalis. 



h'-. Fore wing with the .Hntemedial line indistinct, dark, 

 waved. 

 «■'. Fore wing with sliort bl'ick streaks beyond the 



postmedial line above and below vein 5 dijfundsiis. 



P. Fore wing witliout black streaks beyond the 



postmedial line herbicola. 



i'. Fore wing witli the area beyond the postmedial lir.-* 



broadly suffused with red-brown aylvarum. 



* This name was used Cat. Lep. Plial. B. M. vii. p. 517 in error for 

 Argyros(ic/a. 



