AKCiYJJOSTliOTIS. 



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Lase, •white at tips ; the underside whitish suffused and irrorated 

 ■with red-hrown, traces of diffusetl postmedial and subterminal 

 brown hues. 



Hab. U.S.A., Southern States, 2 6 . Exp. 36-40 millim. 



7942. Argyrostrotis contempta. (Plate CCXXVI. fig. 5.) 



Foaphila contempta, Guen. Koet. iii. p. 302 (1852); Suiitli, Cat. Noet. 



N. Am. p. 358. 

 Foaphila placata, Grote, Bull. Geo]. Geog. Siirv. Terr. iv. p. 184 (1878) ; 



Siiiitli, Cat. IS'oct. N. Am. p. 359. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen bright red-brown ; antenna? with the 

 shaft white above. Fore wing bright red-brown ; antemedial line 

 very indistinct, brown, exeurved and slightly waved ; traces of a 

 brown diseoidal bar ; postmedial line indistinct, brown, oblique, 

 Avaved ; traces of an oblique sinuous svibterminal line ; a slight dark 

 terminal line. Hind wing bright red-brown, with a slight dark 

 terminal line ; the underside somewhat greyer with slight diseoidal 

 striga and traces of diffused postmedial and subterminal lines. 



Hah. U.S.A., Southern States, Georgia, 2 cJ , 2 § type placafo, 

 Florida (Doiibledai/), 1 $ . IJ.rj). 26-30 millim. 



'943. Argyrostrotis deleta. 



FoapMla dclcta, Gucn. Noct. iii. p. 300 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. 

 p. 358. 



(5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen bright red-brown ; anteima; with 

 the shaft white above. Fore winsr brio-ht red-brown, the terminal 

 area with faint greyish irroration ; antemedial line indistinct, brown, 



Fig. 10. — Aiffi/rostrods deleta, (^ . 



faintly defined on each side by I'ufous, exeurved and slightly waved ; 

 a slight dark diseoidal lunule ; postmedial line just beyond the 



