INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 623 



characters the species appear to be quite intermediate. To this genus the 

 European forskuleana, L. and bifasciana, Hb. belong. 



Argyrotoxa glaucomis, n. sp. 



£9- 16-18 mm. Head light ochreous. Palpi pale ochreous irrorated with 

 dark fuscous. Thorax greyish or brownish-ochreous, sometimes whitish -mixed. 

 Abdomen grey, apex whitish-ochreous. Forewings suboblong, costa strongly 

 arched throughout and somewhat roughened with scales posteriorly, apex 

 round-pointed, termen sinuate, rather oblique ; dark fuscous suffused with dull 

 olive-greenish, irregularly and suffusedly striated transversely with leaden- 

 metallic ; a large very variable oval blotch occupying basal § of costa and 

 reaching more than half across wing, dark brown, or dark indigo-fuscous, or 

 white more or less marked with dark fuscous, sometimes nearly obsolete, often 

 margined posteriorly by a small conspicuous white costal spob ; in one specimen 

 this white spot is extended as an irregular transverse streak to dorsum ; some- 

 times instead of the blotch there is a round black spot in disc about | ; a large 

 tuft of scales in middle of disc, and another on submedian fold beyond middle: 

 cilia fuscous, base ochreous-tinged. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Khasis, in June and July ; twenty-five specimens. 



Argyrotoxa elaarcha, n. sp. 



<£$. 16-17 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-whitish, patagia whitish- 

 ochreous. Palpi ochreous irrorated with fuscous, internally whitish. Abdomen 

 grey. Forewings elongate-oblong, costa strongly arched near base, thereafter 

 nearly straight, apex round-pointed, termen sinuate, somewhat oblique ; dull 

 olive-greenish, irregularly marked and striated with glistening leaden-grey- 

 whitish ; a patch of leaden-grey scales mixed with blackish on base of costa, 

 followed by a glistening grey-whitish patch ; dorsum from | to § suffused with 

 reddish-ochreous ; several tufts of scales on dorsal half -anteriorly, a large tuft 

 tipped with black in disc at |, preceded by a dark reddish -fuscous mark, and 

 a transverse ridge tipped with black towards apex ; tornal area mixed with 

 crimson-fuscous, with a well-marked oblique silvery-whitish streak from tornus : 

 cilia ochreous with a suffused fuscous-crimson shade and apical patch, on 

 tornus grey. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Khasis ; two specimens. 



Argyrotoxa chionocentra, n. sp. 



£. 15 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax fuscous, lower part of face and palpi 

 internally whitish. Abdomen grey, apex whitish-ochreous. Forewings oblong, 

 costa much arched near base, thence almost straight, apex round-pointed, 

 termen sinuate, hardly oblique ; reddish -fuscous, with several irregular trans- 

 verse purplish-leaden glossy streaks, and between these several transverse 

 series of very small grey tufts tipped with black ; a small snow-white spot in 

 disc at f , nearly preceded by a larger tuft, and an elongate white dot obliquely 

 beneath and before this : cilia reddish-fuscous, apical half whitish-ochreous on 

 termen except towards tornus. Hindwings ochreous-whitish, dorsal half 

 suffused with light grey, apex and termen narrowly suffused with darker grey, 



