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NO Cl UID.E. 
Argidia hypopyra, n. sp. 
Head, thorax and abdomen bright red-brown tinged with 
purplish grey ; antennae dark brown, white in front towards 
base ; sides of frons and palpi fiery crimson, the latter with 
the 3rd joint red-brown irrorated with white ; pectus, legs 
and ventral surface of abdomen fiery crimson, the fore tibiae 
red-brown irrorated with white, the tarsi dark brown. Fore 
wing bright red-brown tinged with purplish grey ; antemedial 
fine dark brown defined on inner side by white scales, incurved 
in the cell ; orbicular and reniform slightly defined by dark 
brown, the former round, the latter figure-of-eight shaped 
with dark points in its upper and lower parts ; a somewhat 
diffused blackish medial line, excurved in the cell, then oblique 
arid sinuous ; postmedial line double, red-brown filled in with 
white and with white bars beyond it in the interspaces below 
vein 4, oblique to above vein 6, then inwardly oblique and 
slightly sinuous ; a subterminal series of minute brown spots 
defined on outer side by white scales ; the apical part of 
termen suffused with whitish ; cilia darker red-brown, pure 
white towards apex. Hind wing bright red-brown tinged with 
purplish grey except on terminal area from apex to submedian 
fold ; an indistinct oblique dark antemedial line ; postmedial 
line double, deep rufous filled in with white, from vein 7 to 
above inner margin, a broad shade formed by white irroration 
beyond it ; a faint subterminal series of minute brown 
marks defined on outer side by white ; the termen without 
white irroration from apex to submedian fold ; cilia with a 
slight whitish line at base. Underside fiery crimson ; fore 
wing with the terminal area purple-grey with white suffusion 
on termen except towards tornus, a slight dark spot in 
middle of cell, curved medial line, blackish postmedial line 
excurved below costa then oblique, and oblique blackish 
subterminal line slightly defined on outer side by white 
between veins 7 and 2 ; hind wing with oblique black ante- 
medial and postmedial lines, an indistinct rather diffused 
blackish subterminal line oblique to vein 5, then slightly 
waved, cilia dark brown. 
Hob. Br. Guiana, Demerara [Rod won), I $ type. Exp. 
48 millim. 
Argidia discios, n. sp. 
Head, thorax and abdomen red-brown ; palpi blackish 
in front ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen white tinged 
with rufous ; mid tibiae with the tufts of hair on inner side 
white ; mid and hind tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore 
wing red-brown, the postmedial area, darker and tinged with 
grey, the terminal area pale grey-brown, antemedial line dark 
brown, excurved below costa and angled inwards in the cell 
