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yellow. Posterior tibi^ rough-scaled above on anterior half. Forewings 

 elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa almost straight, apex rounded-obtuse, ter- 

 men slightly rounded, somewhat oblique ; grey, strewn wifh moderate dark 

 bluish-leaden rounded spots, interspersed with irregular black marks ; a white 

 basal patch, extended as a moderate streak along costa to J, enclosing a black- 

 ish spot on base of dorsum, costal edge with minute dark grey strigulas ; a very 

 pale pinkish spot beneath costal streak beyond middle, and a pale pinkish-gi-ey 

 streak from beyond this to termen above tornus, beyond which the apical area 

 is black, enclosing several round dark blue-leaden spots and two or three white 

 marks : cilia dark grey, base brownish, on upper half of termen sprinkled and 

 indistinctly barred with whitish. Hindwings blackish ; an elongate orange 

 discal patch extended as a narrow streak to base, partially interrupted by a 

 blackish vein, and an ill-defined orange-yellow subdorsal streak beneath this ; 

 cilia white, with dark grey basal shade. 

 Khasis, in October ; one specimen. 

 Argyroploce tonica, n. sp, 



^9. 12-14 mm. Head and thorax dark fuscous irrorated with whitish. 

 Palpi ascending, whitish, second joint mixed with dark fuscous except towards 

 apex and beneath. Abdomen rather dark fnscous, anal tuft in ^ ochreous- 

 whitish. Posterior femora in ^ with long projectmg white hairs beneath, 

 posterior tibise in ^ with rough white scales above and beneath. Forewings 

 elongate, narrow towards base, dilated posteriorly, costa almost straight, rather 

 bent near apex, apex obtuse, termen slightly sinuate, hardly oblique ; 3 strongly 

 curved, d-b rather approximated posteriorly ; dark brown, finely irrorated with 

 whitish ; costa marked with oblique whitish striguliB ; from dorsum between 

 ^ and tornus several cloudy lines of whitish irroration converge to | of costa, 

 the interspaces partially streaked indistinctly with leaden-grey; and a similar 

 whitish line from middle of termen tends to unite with last of these beneath 

 costa, enclosing a triangular patch more or less tinged with leaden-grey ; a 

 more or less defined small apical spot of blackish suffusion : cilia ferruginous- 

 brown, paler towards tornus. Hindwings fuscous, suffused with dark fuscous 

 posteriorly ; cilia grey, with dark grey basal shade, suffused with brownish 

 round apex and upper part of termen, more or less whitish towards dorsum. 



Maskeliya, Kandy, and Haldamulla, Ceylon (Green, Pole) ; Khasis ; in May, 

 and from August to December ; eight specimens. 

 Argyroploce dimorpha, n. sp. 



^9. 11-13 mm. Head and thorax whitisii ochreous, sometimes suffused 

 with brown-reddish. Palpi ascending, ochreous-whitish, sometimes reddish- 

 tinged, with two small blackish spots on second joint above, and usually one 

 on base of terminal joint. Abdomen fuscous or dark fuscous, anal tuft of 

 $ mixed with ochreous-whitish. Posterior tibiae with appressed scales. Fore- 

 wings elongate, rather dilated posteriorly, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen slightly rounded, vertical ; whitish-ochreous or pale clay-colour, more 

 or less strigulated or striated with fuscous or dark fuscous, sometimes sprinkled 



