DESCRIFTJON.':^ OF IXDIAN MICRO- LEPIDOPTEHA. (501 



ocellus narrow, niurj^inetl .'inturioi-ly by hvo oblique subconfluent thick leaden - 

 metallic streaks, and posteriorly by a broad irregular leaden-metallic streak, and 

 crossed by several longitudinal black dashes, but all these are sometimes very 

 indistinct ; an oblique leaden metallic striga beneath posterior half of costa, 

 in ^ sometimes obscured with blackish suffusion ; a white longitudinal strigula 

 touching termen beneath apex : cilia varying from whitish-ochreous to ferrugi- 

 nous-brownish, with a more or less marked blackish subbasal line, of ten with 

 two or three patches of blackish suffusion. Hindwings rather dark fuscous, 

 thinly scaled anteriorly, suffused with blackish-fuscous posteriorly ; cilia grey, 

 more whitish toAvards tips, sometimes reddish-tinged round apex, with dark 

 fuscous subbasal line. 



Kbasis, from December to March ; ten specimens. 



Argyroploce acrosema, n. sp. 



^, 23-24 mm. Head brownish-ochreous, crown suffused with brown or 

 crimson fuscous. Palpi porrected, whitish-ochreous suffused with grey or 

 brownish except towards base. Thorax brown mixed with dark fuscous and 

 ferruginous. Abdomen rather dark fuscous. Posterior tibiai clothed with 

 dense tolerably appressed scales. Forewiiigs elongate, rather dilated posterior- 

 ly, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen almost straight, somewhat oblique, 

 rounded beneath ; light brownish or ochreous-grey strigulated with darker ; a 

 blackish blotch extending along costa from base to apex, its lower edge running 

 along fold from base to beyond middle, thence in a straight line to apex, costa 

 marked with pairs of whitish strigulse, in one specimen giving rise to oblique 

 leaden-metallic streaks whose interspaces are red-brown towards costa between 

 ^ and ;,' ; margins of ocellus indicated by thick leaden-metallic streaks, between 

 which is a quadrate dark fuscous tornal spot ; space above ocellus more or less 

 suffused with brownish ochreous or dark red-brown, with a dark fuscous spot 

 on middle of termen and longitudinal mark before it : a white subtriangular 

 spot or linear mark at apex; a black terminal line: cilia dark leaden grey 

 sometimes mixed with red-brown, with a clear whitish apical patch. Hind- 

 wings with 3 and 4 stalked or connate ; dorsum clothed with long hairs ; dark 

 fuscous ; cilia whitish-grey, with fuscous basal shade. 



Khasis, in June ; two specimens. Allied to the group of orophias. 



Argyroploce haluntha, n. sp. 



^ 9- 16-18 mm. Head brown. Palpi ascending, white, with violet-blue 

 reflections, base dark fuscous. Thorax dark brown mixed with whitish, crest 

 pale ferruginous posteriorly. Abdonnen dark fuscous. Anterior tarsi thickened 

 with scales, white ringed with black ; posterior tibia) with appressed scales. 

 Forewings elongate, posteriorly slightly dilated, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen rather abruptly sinuate, little obhque ; 3 much curved, 3-5 

 approximated posteriorly : brown, irregularly spotted and marked with black, 

 basal, dorsal, and terminal areas more or less mixed wiih white ; a more or less 

 well-marked round white spot on costa beyond ^, containing a black costal 

 dot ; costa posteriorly black strigulated with white, with a very oblique 



