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7937. Argyrostrotis pacalis. (Plate CCXXIV. fig. 32.) 



Toaphila pacalis, Wlk. xiv. 1475 (1858); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. 



p. .359. 

 Poaphila irrorata, Grote, Bull. Geol. Surv. Terr. iv. p. 185 (1878). 



(S • Head and thorax pale gi'ey irrorated with black ; palpi and 

 frons browner ; fore and mid legs suffused with fuscous in front ; 

 abdomen gre^'-white iiTorated with brown, ventrally tinged w4th 

 brown. Fore wing pale grey in-orated with black-brown, the costal 

 edge white ; antemedial line whitish defined on outer side by black, 

 slightly sinuous ; two small black diseoidal spots ; postmedial line 

 whitish, slightly defined on inner side by blackish, on outer side by 

 black marks above and below vein 5 and at submedian fold, excurved 

 below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; a subterminal series of small 

 black spots and a terminal series of black points. Hind wing grey- 

 white thickly iiTOi-ated with brown ; a slight dark terminal line ; 

 the underside with slight dark diseoidal spot and terminal series of 

 black striae. 



$ . Fore wing more thickly iiTorated with black-brown, the lines 

 whiter and not defined by blackish. 



Hah. U.S.A., Florida {Douhleday), 1 6 type, 1 $ type irrorata, 

 Grote CoU. Ex^p. 36 millim. 



7938. Argyrostrotis diffundens. (Plate CCXXVI. fig. 1.) 



Mods diffundens, Wlk. xiv. 1491 (1858). 



S ■ Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown ; palpi, fore and 

 mid legs fuscous brown. Fore wing grey tinged with brown and 

 irrorated with black-brown ; an indistinct sinuous curved ante- 

 medial line ; a small black diseoidal spot ; postmedial line indis- 

 tinct, brown, excurved below costa, then obliquely incm'ved and 

 slightly waved, with short black streaks beyond it above and below 

 vein o, a black spot on its outer side at inner margin ; an oblique 

 blackish shade from apex ; a series of black points just before 

 termen. Hind wing grey suffused with brown ; a slight dark 

 terminal hue ; the underside grey thickly irrorat<-'d with brown, a 

 small blackish diseoidal spot, indistinct curved postmedial line, and 

 terminal series of small black spots. 



Rah. U.S.A., 1 6 , Grote Coll. ; Hab. ign., 1 J type. Exj). 

 40 millim. 



7939. Argyi'ostrotis herbicola. (Plate CCXXVI. fig. 2.) 



Poaphila herhicnla, Guen. Noct. iii. ]i. 301 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. 

 N. Am. p. 359. 



6 . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey sviffused with brown ; j)alpi 

 and frons brown, the latter with a white bar above ; legs brown, the 

 tarsi ringed witli white. Fore wing with the basal area grey 



