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NOCTUIDJE. 
Dyops chlorargyra, n. sp. 
$. Head and thorax reddish brown finely irrorated with 
white ; antennae brown ; palpi red-brown, whitish in front 
towards tips ; pectus and legs red-brown and whitish, the tarsi 
handed black and whitish ; abdomen reddish brown, the ventral 
surface white except towards extremity. Fore wing brown, 
suffused with silver}^ greenish white to beyond the postmedial 
line except on costal area, the terminal area cupreous red-brown 
with some silvery green marks on the subterminal line and 
on termen ; indistinct brown subbasal spots on costa and in 
cell ; antemedial line double, brown, with some white on it 
below the cell and towards inner margin, rather maculate, ex- 
curved above inner margin ; a silvery greenish discoidal spot 
defined on inner and outer sides by brown and white bars ; 
postmedial line blackish, with some white before and beyond 
it beyond the cell and towards inner margin, rather maculate, 
obliquely excurved from costa to beyond the cell, then strongly 
incurved, an indistinct diffused sinuous brown line beyond it ; 
an indistinct diffused sinuous brown subterminal line, excurved 
from below costa to vein 4, then incurved ; a round black-brown 
spot before termen between veins 4 and 3 with two white 
points on it and slight black-brown mark below vein 3 ; two 
white points before termen above vein 6 and one above vein 2 ; 
a terminal series of black-brown strife. Hind wing cupreous 
red-brown ; postmedial white spots above and below vein 1 
with slight dark marks before them ; black-brown spots before 
termen above and below vein 3, the upper with two white 
points on it, the lower with one ; a slight white mark at 
extremity of vein 2 and terminal series of black striae. Under- 
side of fore wing brown with the inner area white, a brown 
medial shade defined on outer side by whitish towards costa, 
some whitish before the terminal series of black striae except 
towards apex expanding into a small patch at vein 5 ; hind 
wing white tinged with red-brown, a brown discoidal spot, 
strong curved postmedial line, and apical blackish patch 
followed by a subterminal shade. 
Hab. Venezuela, Esteban Valley, Las Quiguas, 1 $ type. 
Exp. 42 millim. 
Dyops paurargyra, n. sp. 
Head and thorax grey-brown, the dorsum of thorax brownish 
w r hite ; pectus brownish white ; tarsi banded blackish and 
brownish white ; abdomen glossy grey-brown, the ventral 
surface dark brown towards extremity, the genital tufts white. 
Fore wing grey-brown, the basal half and inner area suffused 
with dark brown and some silvery blue scales ; a dark subbasal 
striga from costa ; antemedial line very indistinct, double, 
dark, sinuous ; reniform very obscurely defined by dark brown ; 
