'iij-i SYNTOMIH.*:. 



77'.». Parffithria triseriata. 



(iiiophttla fritirriata, Ifrrr.-SchHff. AuMcrtnir. Schmett, f. 1.N51 (IH'iA); 

 Kirl)), Cat. H.'l. p. 147. 



c( . Utad, llioriiX, and ululonu'ii l»laik : froiis and checks white; 

 vertex ot head, meso- and metatlioiax, hliouhlers and ]>ntaf;ia, 



l»ertiis, coxie, and ends of femora 



_ y with white hpot.s ; ah(h)nien W ith 



^^!"^v^\^ ^^^-y ^^ doi^al and hiteral M-ries of white 



>^^^A <^CZ->^^- iMiints and suhhiteral Herie« of 



^^tW f -^^ r hjMits. Fore win^' li valine, the 



B ' ^ \gf vi'inK and niarj^ins hroadly hluck ; 



KiR. H;7.-/W*.MriV»<r.Vri\//«.c^. |. «^vl»it<" I»^>i»»t ^^ hane, t lie terminal 



hand expanding at tnrnua and 

 towards aiH«x. Hind w in^' black, with larjre basal Inaline pateh 

 heU)W the cell an<l "ai inn»T njarj;in. 



Uiih. Hkazil, Castro Parana; Sta. Catharina, 1 J. Kxp, Wl 

 niillini. 



Genus ARGYROEIDES. 



Antt/ri>rnUs, Uutl. Journ. Linn. .S<k', /«m1. xii. p. 403(187r») ophton. 



lVv)hcMri» wi-11 devcli>i>«l ; palni iipiurno<l, rmcliiof; vcrtox of bond ; nnU>nna: 

 l)i|iiH'lituil<'. Willi iiKxirrnlo bniiulioM ; tibur with ibcMiuni iiwxlrrnte ; nlxbiiiioH 

 with tbo 'Jiul M>^iiirnt latcrallv count riitf<l . liic terminal w*);fiK-ut with Iat4*ral 

 and im-ihnl lufiw. Korv wing wilb vimh it fnm well b(>forr antjloof wll ; b from 

 above nnuK' , <» from up|MT angle; 7,8.1). lO Malkod . 11 fnuii cell. Hind 

 wing with vrm .'J from wrll Ivforo nnglc of cv-ll ; U unuallv from wpH alnjTe 

 angle; the inner nrcii fonning i» lobo clothed wjtii hnir. 



Sect. 1. Hind wing with rein (» from angle of cell. 



A Hind wing with win .'» fmm nnude of c<-II. 



n. AMomen with the torminal M*gmenls l>andp(l with r«i ... atrigula. 



b. Abdomen with ihe terminal iMgmontii banded with orange, menepkron, 



c. Abdomen blue-l>!ark, the central Hurfa«'e while ortona. 



7m'. Argyroeides strigula. (I'late Xlll. fig. li.) 



Arffijroridts ftn<juUi, Druce. A. M. N. H. («'►) XTiii. p. 32 (1H9G). 



(J. Head and thorax black; palpi with end of 2nd joint, frons 

 below, basal joint of antenna; in front, cheeks, latches on Hhoulders, 

 and roxa? w hite ; frons above and vertex of head blue ; patagia 

 edged with orange-red above; metathorax with yellow patch; 

 abdomen blue-black, the constricted 2nd segment yellowish white, 

 the terminal segments with orange-red dorsal bonds and yellowish- 

 white ventral bands. Fore wing yellowish hyaline, the veins and 

 margins narrowly black. Hind wing hyaline, the veins and margins 

 narrowly black ; the lobe and a small apical patch black. 



Hah. S. Br.vzil, Casa Branca, 2 S . Karp. 20 millim. Type t in 

 Coll. Drucc. 



