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reflections. Palpi subasceuding, fuscous with violet reflections, beneath ochre- 

 ous-whitish. Thorax whitish, spotted with dark grey. Abdomen hght fuscous. 

 Posterior tibiae with appressed scales. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa 

 gently arched, apex obtuse, termen almost straight, somewhat oblique ; dark 

 fuscous ; a whitish basal patch occupying § of wing, irregularly spotted with 

 grey except towards dorsum posteriorly, outer edge nearly straight or some- 

 times angularly projecting near costa, vei-tical ; a fascia of irregular leaden- 

 metallic strise beyond middle, angulated near costa, somewhat marked with 

 white towards dorsum ; two irregular subconfluent white striee before tennen, 

 marked with leaden-metallic streaks on veins, lower portion broken inwards 

 above middle : cilia rather dark fuscous sprinkled with white, towards base 

 whitish barred with fuscous. Hindwings fuscous ; cilia fuscous sprinkled with 

 whitish, base pale. 



Khasis, in June, September, and October : four specimens. 



Argyroploce corlhynUs, n. sp. 



^ 9. 19-21 mm. Head and thorax varying from light brownish-ochreous 

 or grey to rather dark fuscous. Palpi porrected grey, suffused with white 

 towards base beneath and on upper edge of second joint. Abdomen light 

 brownish-ochreous, sometimes mixed with dark fuscous. Posterior tibiae rough 

 scaled. Forewings elongate, narrow at base, considerably dilated posteriorly, 

 costa slightly arched, with an abruptly rounded prominence from middle to 

 near apex, apex prominent, round-pointed, termen rather strongly sinuate 

 beneath it, vertical, rounded beneath ; pale grey, brownish-ochreous, or whitish- 

 fuscous, sometimes sprinkled with fuscous, or more or less wholly suffused with 

 dark ashy-fuscous : costa shortly strigulated with black and dark brown, tending 

 to form a small semi-oval spot in middle : sometimes some blackish strigulae in 

 disc before middle ; apex usually ferruginous-brown marked with dark fuscous, 

 sometimes preceded by two or three leaden strigulas : dorsum sometimes 

 dotted with blackish or whitish : usually a fine black terminal line : cilia light 

 brownish-ochreous, towards base usually markedly paler or grey-whitish. 

 Hindwings light fuscous-ochreous, : towards apex suffused with fuscous, in 

 the darkest specimen mostly suffused with rather dark fuscous : cilia light 

 ochreous, with fuscous subbasal shade. 



Patipola and Hakgala, Ceylon, in April and May (Green, Alston, Pole) ; six 

 specimens. Nearly allied to lichenoides, Wals., which is the type of the genus 

 Lipsotelus, Wals., but I do not regard the peculiar form of forewings, which is 

 the main distinguishing character, as deserving generic separation. In liche- 

 noides, which I possess from the Khasi Hills, the costal prominence of fore- 

 wings does not extend so far towards apex, and the apex is less prominent. 



Argyroploce caryactis, n. sp. 



$ $. 14-15 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax ferruginous or ferruginous- 

 brown, palpi porrected. Abdomen dark fuscous, apex in $ grey-whitish, at 

 base in $ with an expansible lateral whitish hair-pencil. Posterior tibii» with 

 appressed scales. Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, 



