372 N0CTTJID7I':. 



patch on medial costal area extending to discal fold and smaller 

 patches beyond the posLmedial and subterminal lines and on termen 

 above tornus without silver suffusion ; some white on basal costal 

 area ; an indistinct oblique white antemedial line with slight dark 

 marks on its inner side ; a faint whitish point in middle of cell ; 

 reniform a small white lunule with brownish centre ; postmedial 

 line blackish slightly defined on each side by whitish, bent outwards 

 below costa, then waved, oblique to discal fold, then inwardly 

 oblicjue to middle of inner margin, a white point beyond it on 

 costa and a blackish streak below costa ; subterminal line white, 

 minutely waved towards costa, excurved at middle, angled inwards 

 at discal fold and vein 2, then erect to tornus ; a terminal series of 

 black-brown spots. Hind wing brown, the costal area whitish ; 

 cilia white at tips ; the underside grey-white, the costal area tinged 

 with brown. 



Hah. Costa Rjca, Carillo (Schaits), type t d" in U.S. Nat. Mns. 

 Eccj). 40 millim. 



Sect. III. Hind wing of male with fringe of long hair below costa on 

 upperside. 



A. Fore wing suffused with brilliant silver ; hind wing brownish arcfentea. 



B. Fore wing silvery grey; hind wing white nitescens. 



6692. Eleeognatha argentea. 



Elaognatha argentea, Schaus, A. M. N. H. (8) vi. p. 204 (1910). 



Head and thorax white mixed with some chocolate-brown and 

 blackish ; palpi with the 2nd joint black at sides ; fore tarsi ringed 

 with black, the mid tarsi with some brown at base of 1st joint, 

 the other joints black above ; abdomen white dorsally tinged 

 with grey, the basal crest brown at tip. Fore wing white 

 slightly irrorated with brown and suffused with brilliant silver 



Fig. \AO.—El(Eognaiha argentea, (^ . \. 



to postmedial line except on costal area; patches of chocolate- 

 brown suffusion on costal area at middle and from postmedial 

 liije to apex ; a small round black spot of raised scales with 

 white annulus at middle of cell ; a slight oblique white discoidal 

 lunule with striga of raised brown scales in its upper part ; 

 postmedial line chocolate-brown, strongly bent outwards below 



