lo^ NOCTUID.E. 



iiToratecI with brown, the rest of wing grey suffused with brown ; 

 anteniedial line indistinct, brown, excurved in subniedian inter- 

 space ; reniforni small, defined b}' dark Ijrown ; postniedial line dark 

 brown, exeurved below costa, then obliquely incurved; a slight 

 oblique dark shade from apex ; a crenulate blackish terminal line 

 angled inwards to black points in the interspaces. Hind wing grey 

 suffused with cupreous brown ; a waved dark terminal line ; the 

 underside Avhitish irrorated with brown, the costal area tinged with 

 red-brown, a blackish diseoidal point, minutely waved postmedial 

 brown line, and series of black points before termen. 



Hah. U.S.A., Southern States, 1 d, Grote Coll. Exp. 36 

 milliiii. 



7940. Argyrostrotis sylvarum. (Plate CCXXVI. fig. 3.) 



Poaphila si/Ivarum, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 300, pi. xxiii. f. 2 (1852); Siuilli, 

 Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 358. 



c? . Head and thorax red-brow^i tinged with grey ; palpi, pectus, 

 and legs red-brown ; abdomen red-brown, the venti-al surface 

 whitish" irrorated with Iwown. Fore wing purple-grey tinged with 

 red-brown and slightly irrorated Avith brown ; antemedial line 

 whitish, defined on outer side by diffused red-brown, oblique ; a 

 dark diseoidal lunule Avith some brown on its outer side ; post- 

 medial line red-brown, with a broad band of red-brown suffusion 

 bevond it, exeurved below costa, then oblique ; subterminal line 

 dark, closely approximated to the postmedial line and showing 

 faintly on the red-brown siiffusion, incurved at discal fold and 

 angled outwards at veins -1, 3 ; a series of black points just before 

 termen. HindAving red-broAvn ; a faint medial line incurA^ed beloAV 

 vein -i, dark postniedial shade, a terminal series of black points ; 

 cilia Avhitish at tips ; the underside paler red-brown Avith some dark 

 irroration, the markings more distinct, a small blackish diseoidal 

 lunule. 



Hal. U.S.A., Southern States, 3 d • E.rp. 30 millim. 



7941. Argyrostrotis erasa. (Plate CCXXVI. lig. 4.) 



Poaphila cra»a, Guen. ^'oct. iii. p. 301 (1852) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. 

 p. 359. 



d . Head and thorax red-brown tinged Avith grey ; palpi and legs 

 l)roA\'n; abdomen grey suffused Avith red-broAvn. Fore Aving red- 

 brown uiixed Avith greyish, the terminal area cupreous red-broAvn ; 

 anteniedial line indistinct, brown, Avaved ; a slight broAvn diseoidal 

 lunule; postmedial Vuu- indistinct, broAvn, dentiite, strongly incurved 

 below vein 4; sul)terminal line faintly indicated by the contrast 

 between the postmedial and terminal areas ; cilia dark red-broAvn at 

 base, pure white at tips except at apex and tornus. Hind Aving 

 red-broAvn, the terminal area cupreous brown ; cilia red-bi-OAvn at 



