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Eucosma ludicra Meyr. 



E. tricliocrossa Meyr. I now recognise to be only a dark form of 

 tins species, of which I have obtained additional material ; it varies 

 a good deal in colouring. 



Eucosma pseudomorplia, n. sp. 



5 . 1-1 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax light grey. Abdomen 

 grey. Forewings elongate, posteriorlj^ slightly dilated, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse, terraen slightly sinuate, somewhat oblique ; 

 grey somewhat sprinkled with whitish, dorsal third paler and 

 tinged with whitish-ochreous ; costa marked with pairs of indis- 

 tinct whitish strigulae, on posterior half separated with deep 

 greyish-ochreous, and giving rise to short indistinct oblique leaden 

 streaks, of which the last but one runs to a small whitish mark on 

 termen beneath apex ; a quadrate grey spot beneath fold before 

 middle indicated by slight whitish sufiusion preceding and following 

 it ; an indistinct white transverse-liuear dot on end of cell ; a 

 leaden-metallic transverse mark just before termen on lower half, 

 preceded by three blackish dots : cilia greyish-ochreous sprinkled 

 with whitish. Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked ; grey ; cilia pale 

 grey, with darker subbasal line. 



Bengal, Pusa, in August [Fletcher) ; one specimen. 



Argyroploce exsignata, n. sp. 



c? . 20 mm. Head and palpi dark grey sprinkled with paler. 

 Thorax brownish-grey marked with dark fuscous strigulae. Ab- 

 domen grey. Eorewings elongate, posteriorly somewhat dilated, 

 costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, little 

 oblique ; dark fuscous-grey, obscurely darker-strigulated ; costa 

 dark fuscous, marked with eight pairs of obscure whitish stri- 

 guljB ; a white discal dot on end of cell : cilia fuscous, obscurely 

 mixed with darker and paler. Hindwings with. 3 and 4 connate ; 

 grey, with slight bronzy tinge ; cilia light grey, witli darker 

 subbasal shade. 



S. Indin, Palnis, 6000 feet, in May {Fletclier, Camphell) ; two 

 specimens. Remarkably similar to Eucosma helota, but without 

 the structural peculiarities of (S . 



Argyroploce mensifera, n. sp. 



J . 16 mm. Head and palpi light pinkish-grey. Thorax grey, 

 shoulders pinkish-tinged. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate- 

 triangular, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly 

 sinuate, hardly oblique ; grey, irregularly mixed with leaden- 

 metallic and partially tinged with brownish ; costa marked with 

 dark fuscous, towards apex with two or three oblique brownish 

 strigulae ; a large subtriangular blackish blotch extending on costa 

 from I to I and reaching half across wing, its apex truncate and 



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