3")0 KxnTic niiCKOLRnnorTioKA. 



ciliu ochrcous-wliitisli, gi'oy round apex and on l>asiil half along 

 upper part of lerinen. 



QiTEBNsr,AND, Jirisbane, February {DochJ); 1 ex., Wals. Coll. 

 (19223). 



Argyroploce delcchlora Turn. 



QuEKNSLANn, Brisbane, February (Dndd). If correctly identifiod, 

 abdomen (S with dense tuft of loni>- blackish hairs lying along each 

 side from near base. The genus Ah/pi'la Turn, based on this 

 species as type is of no value, the supposed distinction of dorsal crest 

 of forewings being more or less developed generally in Arijyroploce, 

 and coriesponding to the thoracic crest. 



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Argyroploce funerea, n. sp. 



cJ 2 . 17-21 mm. Head grey sprinkled white. Thorax grey 

 irrorated or suffused white, barred blackish. Forewings dark ashy- 

 grey irregularly strigulated and marked black, apical third white; 

 costal spots of white irroration or suffusion at base and before 

 middle ; edge of dark area from | of costa to before tornus, obtusely 

 angulated inwards slightly above middle, and slightly indented 

 near dorsum, otherwise hardly irregular ; two small greyish spots 

 on costa towards apex, and some grey clouding towards apex and 

 upper I of termen : cilia light grey, sometimes obscurely barred 

 darker, on tornus white. Hindwings light grey, darker towards 

 apex, whitish-tinged towards base ; cilia wiiitish, a grey subbasal 

 line. 



Ontario, Toronto, Muskoka, July, August (Parish); 12 ex. 

 This may be regarded in America as capreana, from which however 

 it is quite distinct. 



Argyroploce rlietorica, n. sp. 



J. 18 mm. Head, thorax pale ferrugiuous-ochreous mixed dark 

 fuscous. Palpi grey, towards base whitish, terminal joint dark 

 grey, tip whitish. Forewings dilated, termen nearly straight, little 

 oblique; leaden-grey, irregularly mixed pale ferruginous-ochreous, 

 some obscure dark fuscous stiigulse, especially on dorsal half; costa 

 marked with small dark fuscous spots and pale ferruginous-ochreous 

 strigulse ; markings blackish mixed ferruginous ; basal patch 

 moderate, edge somewhat irregular, direct, with short broad trans- 

 verse-oblong supramedian projection ; central fascia rather narrow, 

 direct, slightly excurved, posterior edge with similar projection as 

 in basal patch ; an erect irregular-conical spot before tornus ; an 

 irregular oblique ferruginous streak across apex running into a 

 ferruginous somewhat blackish-mixed streak along termen : cilia 

 grey, obscurely barred darker, somewhat mixed ferruginous on basal 

 third. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey, a darker subbasal shade. 



N.W. Persia, Enzcli, May {Capt. P. A. Buxton); 1 ex., Erit. Mus. 



