S94 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XIX. 



Argyroploce astrosema, n. sp. 



^ $ . 20-21 mm. Head and thorax ochreous, upper half of face deep 

 ferruginous, sides of thoracic crest ferruginous. Palpi ascending, ochreous, 

 suffused above with deep ferruginous. Abdomen fuscous, a,pex in ^ whitish- 

 ochreous, in $ ferruginous-ochreous, Posterior tibise clothed with rough 

 scales, in ^ with expansible ochreous- whitish hair-pencil from base above. 

 Forewings elongate-triangular, costa strongly and evenly arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen in ^ almost straight, in 9 somewhat sinuate, vertical, rounded beneath ; 

 ochreous, irregularly suffused with ferruginous, with an undefined pale fascia 

 from I of costa to termen above tornus ; basal half, posterior fascia, and centre 

 of disc between these strewn irregularly with small bright silvery-leaden- 

 metallic spots or strigulse ; a blackish discal dot beyond middle ; an apical patch 

 of blackish sufiiusion, cut by a silvery-blue-metallic streak crossing apex and 

 continued along upper part of termen ; white marginal dots above and below 

 apex : cilia light ochreous, on upper half of termen and round apex dark 

 leaden-grey with blackish subbasal line. Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia pale 

 ochreous tinged with reddish, with fuscous subbasal line. 



Khasis, in June ; two specimens, 



Argyroploce generosa, n. sp. 



(J 9. 15-16 mm. Head fuscous, face whitish. Palpi ascending, whitish. 

 Thorax fuscous mixed with white, crest dark brown. Abdomen pale ochreous, 

 in 9 somewhat infuscated. Posterior tibiae smooth-scaled. Forewings 

 elongate-triangular, costa moderately and evenly arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 almost straight, hardly oblique, rounded beneath ; grey ; basal patch suffused 

 with yellow- brown on upper half, marked with a suffused white streak along 

 fold, beneath this somewhat mixed with black and suffused with darker grey, 

 outer edge rather irregular : central fascia rather narrow irregular, yellow- 

 brown, cut by a strong black bar in middle, and a narrow one beneath this, 

 posterior edge with abrupt projections above and below upper bar ; apical area 

 beyond upper half of central fascia and a line connecting it with tornus white, 

 except an irregular grey streak from costa beyond central fascia to tornus, more 

 or less broken, into three spots, a small brown costal spot beyond this, three 

 yellow-brown marks from costa before apex converging to termen beneath 

 apex and suffused together with grey, and an upwards-oblique mark from 

 middle of termen marked with three black spots : cilia grey sprinkled with 

 white, indistinctly barred with yellow brownish, towards tornus suffused with 

 whitish. Hindwings pale yellow-ochreous, infuscated m ^ towards apex, in 

 9 generally ; cilia pale yellow-ochreous, with a more or less distinct fuscous 

 shade. 



Khasis, in June ; three specimens. 



Argyroploce charadrcea, n. sp. 



^9« 18-21 mm. Head dark grey, mixed on crown with white and on 

 forehead with red-brownish. Palpi ascending, reddish-fuscous mixed with 

 dark fuscous. Thorax white mixed with dark fuscous, crest ferruginous- 



