1895.] 



or THE SCS(El4'0BIINiB AND CEAMBINvE. 



907 



Grenus Abgtbostola, nov. 



Palpi porrect, extending about the length of head, the 3rd joint 

 hairy ; maxillary palpi with a tuft of long hair at extremity, and 

 nearly as long as the labial ; frons rounded ; antennae minutely 

 serrate and fasciculate ; spurs short. Fore wing with the apex rect- 

 angular ; vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 7, 8, 

 9 stalked, and 10 anastomosing with them to form an areole ; 11 

 becoming coincident with 12. Hind wing with veins 3, 4, 5 well 

 separated at origin ; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; the outer margin some- 

 what angled at vein 2. 



Fig. 10. 



Argyrostola ruficostalis, ^ . \. 

 Type. tAEGTEOSTOLA RUFICOSTALIS, n. Sp. 



S . SQvery white ; palpi, frons, fore tibiae, and tarsi rufous ; 

 a rufous stripe on shoulders. Fore wing with the costa rufous ; 

 both wings with a more or less prominent submarginal curved 

 series of specks. 



Eab. Eio Janeiro, Brazil. Exja. 32-44 mm. 



Genus Leucoides. 



Lettcoides, Hmpsn. 111. Het. ix. p. 167 (1893). 



Palpi porrect, slightly scaled, and extending about twice the 

 length of head ; maxillary palpi long and somewhat dilated with 

 scales at extremity ; frons produced and acute ; antennae of male 

 minutely serrate and ciliated ; legs long and slender, the outer 

 spurs about two thirds length of inner ; abdomen long ; wings 

 long and narrow. Fore wing with the apex produced and acute ; 

 the outer margin oblique ; vein 3 from angle of cell ; 4, 5 stalked ; 

 6 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked; 10 free; 11 becoming 

 coincident with 12. Hind wing with vein 3 from near angle of 

 cell ; 4, 5 stalked ; 6, 7 stalked. 



Fig. 11. 



Leucoides fuscicostalis, c?. \. 



Type. flJEtJCOiDEs FUSCICOSTALIS, Hmpsn. 111. Het. ix. p. 168, pi. 172. 

 f. 18. Ceylon. 



