VRGIDIA. 
459 
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from 
cell. Hind wing with the cell about half the length of wing ; 
veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from just above 
angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell 
near base only. 
Genus ARGIDIA. 
Argidia, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 345 (1852) tomyris, Stoll. 
Azirista, Walk. xv. 1638 (1858) tarchon. Cram. 
Argidia hypoxantha, n. sp. 
<-£. Head, thorax and abdomen bright red-brown tinged with 
pale grey, the abdomen greyer ; antennae dark brown, white 
in front towards base ; palpi, pectus, legs and ventral surface 
of abdomen fiery red, the fore femora and tibiae dark brown 
irrorated with white, the tarsi dark brown. Fore wing bright 
red-brown slightly tinged with grey ; antemedial line red- 
brown defined on inner side by some whitish scales, incurved 
in the cell and excurved below it ; orbicular and reniform de- 
fined by red-brown, the former round, filled in with greyish, the 
latter figure-of-eight shaped with small red-brown spots in its 
upper and lower points ; an indistinct oblique waved red-brown 
medial line, rather diffused especially towards costa ; post- 
medial line double, red-brown filled in with whitish and below 
vein 5 with pure white, oblique to above vein 6, then inwardly 
oblique and slightly sinuous, with pure white bars beyond it 
in the interspaces from vein 4 to inner margin ; a subterminal 
series of slight white lunules with minute brown spots before 
the lunules above and below vein 6 ; cilia rather darker red- 
brown, pure white at apex. Hind wing bright red-brown ; 
traces of an obliquely curved brown antemedial line ; post- 
medial line double, red-brown filled in with white, the area 
beyond it broadly irrorated with whitish ; a subterminal series 
of "white points between veins 5 and 2 ; the termen and cilia 
deep red-brown, the latter with a fine pale line at base . Under- 
side yellow suffused with fiery red and irrorated with red- 
brown ; fore wing with the inner area pale, a rather diffused 
curved’ red medial line except on inner area, postmedial line 
chocolate-brown, excurved below costa, then oblique, a brown 
subterminal line defined on outer side by white from vein 7 
to below 5, the termen suffused with white towards apex ; 
hind wing with oblique brown antemedial line, dark brown 
postmedial line excurved below vein 5, and traces of a sub- 
terminal line, the termen strongly suffused with fiery red. 
Hob. Brazil, Amazons, Madeira R. ( Moffat ), 1 $ type. 
Exp. 52 millim. 
