AEGYROSTEOTIS. 



523 



white at costa, oblique and slightly sinuous to vein 1, bent inwards 

 to inner margin, an oblique rufous streak before it from median 

 nervure to vein 1 ; orbicular rounded, slightly defined on inner side 

 bj^ silver and on outer by two spots ; reniforni with two oblique silver 

 spots on inner side, an obliquely curved whitish line in centre and 

 slight striga on outer edge with silver points at upper and lower 

 extremities ; postmedial line yellowish defined on inner side by 

 black lunules and with white bar at costa, bent outwards below 

 costa, then minutely waved, escurved to vein 4, then incurved, 

 some white marks beyond it on costa ; an oblique quadrate silver 

 apical patch, bifid at apex, with two obliquely placed small spots 

 below it; small subterminal black lunules between veins 4 and 2 

 with yellow marks on outer edge of those below veins 3 and 2 ; 

 a series of silvery white striae just before termen ; cilia black with 

 a fine yellow line at base. Hind wing very pale yellow with broad 

 black-brown terminal band ; cilia white ; the underside yellowish 

 white, the costal area slightly irrorated with black, a small discoidal 

 black spot, postmedial line bent outwards below costa, then crenu- 

 late and with some black suffusion beyond it from vein -5 to tornus. 

 Hab. N. Peru, Huancabamba (Boettger), type t in Coll. Druce ; 

 Brazil, Eio Grande do Sul. Exjy. 32-36 millim, 



*3387. Argyrost¥«*» scioiie. (Plate CXX. fig. 22.) 

 Tk^yria sciojie, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) xi. p. 202 (1903). 



c? . Head and thorax rufous mixed with yelloAvish ; pectus with 

 some white hair ; abdomen whicish suffused with rufous, the basal 

 crests rufous. Fore wing rufous suffused in parts with red-brown ; 

 subbasal line whitish, angled oatwards in submedian fold where 

 there is a pale streak from it to antemedial line, ending at vein 1 ; 

 antemedial line blackish defined on inner side by grey, oblique to 

 vein 1 and bent inwards to inner margin, an oblique pale striga 

 before it from submedian fold to vein 1 ; orbicular represented by 

 an oblique silver V-shaped mark, its upper extremity expanding into 

 a spot; reuiform with two silver spots on inner side, the upper 

 oblique wedge-shaped, a curved silver line at middle, a striga at 

 upper extremity and two obliquely placed points at lower; post- 

 medial line grey defined on inner side by red-brown lunules, angled 

 inwards below costa, then strongly bent outwards, oblique to vein 4, 

 inwardly oblique to vein 1 and bent outwards to inner margin, some 

 white marks beyond it on costa ; a large oblique elliptical silver 

 apical patch with two wedge-shaped spots below it, with three 

 marks beyond them on termen followed by some striae just before 

 termen and a slight subterminal striga below vein 3 ; cilia with fine 

 whitish line at base. Hind wing white tinged with yellow, with 

 broad red-brown terminal band ; cilia white ; the underside white, 

 the costal area slightly tinged with rufous, an indistinct postmedial 

 line bent outwards below costa, then waved, and traces of a sub- 

 terminal band. 



Bab. Colombia, Antioquia, .Frontino (Salmon), typef cj' in Coll. 

 Druce. E.vjy. 36 millim. 



