448 Sir G. F. Hampson on new 



with pale red-brovrn and slightly irroi-ated with darker brown, the 

 veins and costal edge white ; a black discoidal point ; a terminal 

 series of black points ; cilia white with a brown line near base and 

 the tips tinged with brown. Hind wing almost pure silvery white. 

 Underside of fore wing except the costal edge and the costal area 

 of hind wing suffused with pale red-brown. 



Hah. Tbaxstaal, Tweefontein (Janse), 1 <S , Van der Merwe's 

 Farm {Janse), 1 c? , 3 ? type, Pretoria {Distant, Janse), 2 cJ • 

 ^.17^ 20-22 mm. 



(23 e) Argyria at'cealis, sp. n. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen white tinged with ochreous, the last 

 long and slender ; antennie fuscous at sides ; palpi long ; fore 

 femora and tibiae fuscous on inner side. Fore wing long and 

 narrow, the apex produced, ochreoui white irrorated with reddish 

 brown ; a black discoidal point dctined b}' white ; a terminal series 

 of ])lack points ; cilia tinged with brown and with a blackish line 

 through them. Hind wing silvery white. Underside of fore wing 

 and costal area of hind wing tinged with I'ed-brown. 



Hab. Mashoxalaxd {Dobbie), 3^,35 tyjje. Kiy. 16-20 mm. 



(24 a) Argyria alhivenalis, sp. n. 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen white faintly tinged with rufous, 

 the last with some fulvous yellow at base of dorsum. Fore wing 

 white suffused with rufous leaving the veins white, the interspaces 

 of terminal half slightly irrorated with brown ; a slight brown 

 terminal line. Hind wing silver}' white. Underside of fore wing 

 and costal area of hind wing tinged with rufous. 



Hah. PAEAorAT, Santa Cruz {S. Moor), 1 $ type. Sxp. 

 22 mm. 



{2Qg) Argyria atrisparsalis, sp. n. 

 Diatrsea netiricella, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 295 (nee Zell). 



Head, thorax, and abdomen white tinged with rufous. Fore 

 wing white tinged with rufous and eparsely irrorated with black- 

 brown, the submedian fold pure white ; a minute antemedial black- 

 brown spot on niner margin and black discoidal point ; a tei-niinal 

 series of prominent black points slightly defined on inner side by 

 white. Hind wing white faintly tinged with red-brown. Under- 

 side white tinged with red-brown. 



Sab. Mexico, Vera Cruz, Atoyac {S. H. Smith), 1 J tvpe, 

 Tobasco, Teapa {H. U. Smith), 1 $ , Godman-Salvin Coll. lExjy., 

 (S 26, 2 30 mm. 



(26 i) Argyria tumidicostalis, sp. n. 



Hind wing of male with glandular swelling at base of eosta. 

 S . Head and thorax whitish suffused with red-broAvn, the palpi at 

 sides and patagia irrorated with black-brown ; abdomen white tinged 



