DESCRirrioxs of Indian micro-lepidoptera. .095 



brownish. Abdomen grey, anal tuft in ^ wiiitish-ochreous. Posterior tibiae 

 rather densely scaled, in ^ with whitish-ochreous hair-pencil from base above. 

 Forewings elongate, rather narrow, posteriorly dilated, costa slightly arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen nearlj' straight, rather oblique ; bluish-leaden-grey 

 mixed and .^itrigulated with black, anterior area from base to before middle 

 of costa and beyond middle of dorsum much suffused with irregular 

 whitish except along costa, so that the dark colour appears as a coarse 

 strigulation : a white patch occupying apical fourth of wing, its edge 

 extending from ^ of costa to dorsum before tornus, upper half sending 

 an oblique triangular projection downwards to fold ; a small ochreous- 

 brownish mark on costa before apex, and another at apex sometimes containing 

 a black dot ; a cloudy grey striga before termen, terminating in a small 

 brownish spot on termen above tornus : cilia grey irrorated with white, with 

 indications of blackish lines, towards tornus whollj' whitish. Hindwings grey 

 with a slight bronzy tinge ; cilia whitish-grey, with grey subbasal shade. 



Maskeliya and Patipola, Ceylon, in April and May (Alston, Pole) ; three 

 specimens. 



Argyroploce citharistis, n. sp. 



$ 9- 11-1-i mm. Head brown, sometimes mixed with paler or darker. 

 Palpi porrected, brownish, mixed in middle with dark fuscous, towards base 

 whitish. Thorax brown mixed with dark fuscous, with a transverse median, 

 band of whitish irroration or suffusion. Abdomen fuscous, in 9 darker. 

 Posterior tibiae ^rith appressed scales. Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, 

 costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen almost straight, rather oblique ; dark 

 broazy-fuscous, strigulated with blackish ; anterior half crossed by four pairs 

 of irregular blue-leaden stria) rising from short whitish costal strigulas, two 

 posterior paii'S sometimes partially whitish-edged ; costa spotted with blackish- 

 fuscous between these, and with a larger oblique spot in middle indicating 

 central fascia ; an irregular thick blue-leaden transverse stria beyond this, 

 furcate on costa : between this and apical spot two pairs of white strife variably 

 developed, sometimes partially obsolete, sometimes united into a broad white 

 fascia, including a thick irregular blue-leaden mark from tornus reaching half 

 across wing, and a thick upwards-oblique dark fuscous streak from middle of 

 termen ; a triangular apical spot of ferruginous- brown .scales with dark fuscous 

 tips, preceded by a leaden-metallic streak : cilia leaden-grey with blackish basal 

 line, and indications of blackish bars. Hindwings with 6 and 7 stalked : 

 fuscous, suffused with darker towards termen: cilia light fuscous, with dark 

 fuscous subbasal shade. 



N, Coorg, 3,500 feet (Newcome) ; Khasis ; Moulmein, Burma ; from June to 

 November and in February ; twelve specimens. The stalking of veins G and 7 

 of hindwings is exceptional in the genus, but in all other respects the species 

 seems to belong here. 



. I rgiiroploce palliata, n. sp. 



^ 9- 17-lS mm. Head whitish, forehead fuscous or dark grey, with violet 

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