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tonius, opposite costal l)lotch ; small irrtigular nearly connected 

 spots on costa and terinen near apex: cilia grey mixed dark 

 fuscous, with yellow-vvhitisU patches above and below ajtex, and a 

 pale yellowish patch on toruus. Hindwings with 5 and (3 coincident; 

 grey ; cilia light grey. 



New Guinea, Sctekwa River, 2-r300U feet ; one specimen. Allied 

 to discreUt, in one of ray examples of which 5 and (i of hindwings 

 are also coincident, in the other stalked as usual. 



hyponomp:utid.e. 



Argyresthia iopleura, n, sp. 



cf . 7 nun. Head grey, face white. Palpi whitish, somewhat 

 dilated with scales towards apex, terminal joint with two fine 

 blackish rings. Thorax grey sprinkled white. Abdomen grey. 

 Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa moderately arched, apex 

 pointed, termen extremely obliijuely rounded ; ashy-grey, tips of 

 scales blackish ; a narrow white fascia slightly sprinkled dark gre}' 

 from beneath costa beyond middle rather obliquely inwards to 

 dorsum, preceded and followed by narrow fascia) of ferruginons- 

 brown suffusion; some white scales round margin towards apex: 

 cilia pale grey with some black specks, base mixed ferruginous- 

 brown on termen. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia light grey. 



KuMAON, Almora, 6000 feet, bred from twigs of Pinus loiwifulia 

 (^Beeson), probably feeding in the shoots ; one s])ecimen. 



J Argyresthia melitaula, n. sp. 



J $. 7-8 mm. Head, palpi, thorax shining white, patagia 

 purplish-grey. Abdomen grey. Forewings narrow-elongate, costa 

 gently arched, apex pointed, termen slightly sinuate, extremely 

 oblique; 7 and 8 stalked ; purple-fuscous irrorated darker; costal 

 edge sull'used yellow-ochreons, with scattered dark fuscous strigulte; 

 a white dorsal streak from base attenuated to tornus, edge irregular 

 and suffused ochreous-yellowish, with some scattered grey strigulae; 

 irregular dark fuscous dots on fold at ^ and middle of wing, one in 

 disc at f, and two placed between second plical and | of costa ; 

 some yellow-ochreous sufiusion along termen : cilia light grey, 

 round apex ochi'eous- whitish with two or three blackish lines. 

 Hindwings rather dark grey, lighter towards base; cilia grey. 



Colombia, La Crumbre, 6600 feet. May (Parish) ; three specimens. 



1/ Argyresthia chalcochrysa, n. s|). 



cJ . 12 mm. Head, palpi, thorax white, patagia pale golden. 

 Forewings elongate-lanceolate; 7 and 8 separate; shining white, 

 along costa strigulated and on posterior half of wing reticulated 

 shining golden ; a transverse shining golden spot from dorsum at -^, 

 confluent with a streak along fold from base, its upper edge emitting 

 several strigula); a shining coppery-golden direct transverse fasciate 



