368 Sir G. F. Hampson on neio 



yellow at base and with some black-brown scales at middle at apex, 

 brown at base from discal fold to tornus. 



Sab. Be. Guia>'a, Demerara {liodway), 1 <? type. Exjp. 

 10 mm. 



(46 «) Argyractis plKEopastalis, sp. n. 



$ . Head and teguljB white ; thorax and abdomen white suffused 

 ■with brown ; antennaj brown, yellowish Avhite towards base ; palpi 

 white ; pectus, legs, and ventral sm-face of abdomen white, the fore 

 and mid legs tinged with yellow. Fore wing red-brown ; a slight 

 whitish medial line, angled outwards below costa and excurved 

 below the cell ; an obliquely'' cmwed white postmedial line from 

 costa to vein 4 where it is met by an oblique white mark on its 

 inner side from vein 6 ; a silvery-white subterminal band from 

 below costa, where it is bent outrwards to vein 4, an orange-yellow 

 band beyond it on termen extending to vein 2 and defined by 

 brown lines, some silvery white below it above tornus ; cilia white. 

 Hind wing red-brown ; an indistinct sinuous whitish medial line 

 defined on inner side by darker brown ; four minute ocelli just 

 before teniien between veins 7 and 2 with black centres and metallic 

 silvery annuli ; cilia white, yellow at base and with dark brown line 

 at middle from apex to vein 2. 



Hah. Colombia, Choko, Prov, Condoto {Spurrell), 1 $ type. 

 Exp. 10 mm. 



(1 c) Eristena tenehrifera, sp. n. 



Antennae of male thickened with scales above towards base ; 

 hind femora with fringe of short hair behind towards base, the hind 

 tibiae with large tuft of long hau- on inner side ; fore wing with 

 veins 3, 4 stalked. 



c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen white tinged with ochreous 

 brown and mixed with some fuscous ; antennae fuscous ; hind legs 

 with the fringe of hair on femora whitish, the tuft of hair on tibiae 

 white at base, black at tips. Fore Aving white tinged with oclii-eous 

 brown ; some black suffusion on basal area ; medial area with some 

 black suffusion, its inner edge rather oblique, its outer incurved 

 below the cell and excurved above inner margin ; some blackish 

 suffusion on postmedial costal area and two rather diffused blackish 

 subterminal lines, somewhat excurved below costa, then oblique ; a 

 shght dark tenninal line with some ochreous brown before it. 

 Hind wing white, the terminal area suffused with ochreous brown. 



Sab. Dutch N. Guixea, Mimika E. (Wollasfon), 1 6 type. 

 Exp. 14 mm. 



(ly) Eristena tetralitha, sp. n. 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey suffused with brown and 

 some fuscous ; pectus and venti'al sm-face of abdomen whitish ; 

 fore tibiae Avith black stripe. Fore wing whitish suffused with 



