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Argyroploce dryocoma, n. sp. 



J. 11 mm. Head rathor light brownish. Palpi browuish- 

 ochroous. Thorax dark fuscous. Abdomen fuscous. Forewings 

 elongate, posteriorly rather dilated, costa gently arched, apex 

 rounded-obtuse, termen faintly sinuate, hardly oblique ; dark 

 brown, irregularly clouded with strong leaden gloss, absence of 

 this forms dark markings becoming dark fuscous towards costa, 

 viz. a fascia from ^ of costa to before middle of dorsum, obtusely 

 angulated in middle, a curved fascia from middle of costa to dorsum 

 before tornus, and a triangular apical patch including two pale 

 oblique costal 8triguls8 near apex, an oblique leaden mark pre- 

 ceding these, and a transverse leaden streak near lower part of 

 termen : cilia dark leaden-fuscous. Hindvvings with '3 and 4 

 stalked ; grey, darker towards termen ; cilia grey, with dark 

 fuscous siibbasal line. 



S. India, Shevaroys, 4500 feet, in December (Fletcher) ; one 

 specimen. 



Argyroploce vinciilata, n. sp. 



6 2 ■ 16-17 mm. Head and thorax dark fuscous. Palpi sub- 

 ascending, dark fuscous, second joint laterally pale yellowish barred 

 with dark fuscous. Abdomen dark grey. Posterior femora in J 

 with long dense whitish hairs beneath, tibiae clothed with dense 

 grey hairscales above. Eorewings elongate-triangular, costa gently 

 arched, apex rounded, termen rounded, rather oblique ; dark 

 bronzy-grey ; numerous small irregular bright bluish-steel-metallic 

 spots and marks, tending to form irregular curved transverse series; 

 some blackish suffusion on middle of costa, forming a larger patch 

 in (S ; costal edge beyond this dark fuscous, with three or four 

 indistinct whitish strigulte : cilia rather dark leadeu-fuscous. Hind- 

 wings with 3 and 4 connate ; dark grey ; in c? with strong 

 rounded terminal prominence on 1 b, and sinuation above this ; 

 cilia whitish-grey, with dark grey subbasal shade. 



Queensland, Herberton, in February (Dodd) ; two specimens. 



Laspeyresia aeologramma, n. sp. 



5 . 8 mm. Head and thorax bronzy-grey, face whitish. Paliii 

 whitish, terminal joint grey. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings 

 elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 slightly sinuate beneath apex, little oblique ; dark fuscous ; four 

 pairs of oblique whitish striae from anterior half of costa, acutely 

 angulated in middle and running to dorsum between base and |, 

 two posterior pairs each enclosing a leaden stria on upper portion ; 

 six white strigulae from posterior half of costa, with oblique blue- 

 leaden striae running from first pair and fourth strigula to upper 

 angles of ocellus ; ocellus and apical area with tips of scales whitish, 

 forming a tine transverse striation, ocellus margined anteriorly by 

 an erect leaden streak from tornus and crossed by four line black 

 dashes not quite reachijig termcu : cilia violct-gn-y, with blackish 



