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Argyroploce iniqua, n. sp. 



(5 . 19 mm. Head fuscous, face blackish. Palpi ascending, 

 blackish, towards apex light brownish. Thorax dark purple-grey 

 mixed blackish. Posterior tibiso without tufts. Forev\ings dilated, 

 ternien rounded, little oblique ; light brownish-grey strigulated 

 dark fuscous, irregularly mixed violet-leadon suffusion ; costa on 

 posterior | blackish with pairs of oblique whitisli strigulae ; basal 

 patch little marked, occu|)ying ^ of wing, edge irregular; central 

 fascia represented by a bioad blackish transverse jiatch extending 

 J across wing; a narrow dark grey leaden-speckled fascia from [; of 

 costa to toruus, confluent on costa with one along upper i of tormcn : 

 cilia grey, sliglitly whitish-speckled. Hindwings '3 and 4 stalked ; 

 dark grey ; a subdorsal groove slightly brownish-tinged ; cilia pale 

 grey, a darker subbasal shade. 



Queensland, Cairns; 1 ex. (Coll. Lower), liiext scaristis. 



Arg3rroploce lasiosoma, n. sp. 



J. 15 mm. Head, thorax dull green. Palpi grecnish-grcy. Ab- 

 domen dark grey, clothed above with very long dense lateral hairs on 

 each side of dorsal ridge. Posterior tibiae expanded with long rough 

 dark grey hairscales above and beneath. Forewings rather dilated, 

 termen somewhat oblique; dull bluish-green, indistinct rather oblique 

 transverse deeper green strise ; some very small indistinct whitish 

 costal strigulte; central fascia moderate, rather oblique, partially 

 suffused grey ; an ill-defined rhomboidal blotch of grey suffusion 

 before middle of termen ; one or two dark grey strigre before apex, 

 and a mark on apical edge : cilia grey, indistinctly barred darker. 

 Hindwings dark fuscous, towards dorsum lighter and tinged fulvous ; 

 cilia gre\ish, a darker subbasal shade. 



Queensland, Cairns {Dodd) ; 1 ex. (Coll. Lower). 



Argyroploce vindemians, n. sp. 



§ . 15 mm. Head, palpi, thorax reddish-purple-brown. Fore- 

 wings slightly dilated, termen straight, vertical ; reddish-fuscous 

 irregularly suffused purple ; costa suffused dark fuscous, more 

 strongly posteriorly, two oblique bluish strigula) rising from white 

 dots before middle and two beyond middle, a fifth less marked 

 beyond these ; dorsum suffused fuscous ; a purple and whitish mark 

 across apex, and a streak indicating posterior margin of ocellus : 

 cilia red-brown, suffused purplish on outer half and towards tornus. 

 Hindwings 3 and 4 stalked ; dark fuscous ; cilia grey with blue- 

 wliitish reflections, round apex suffused purple. 



Queensland, Cairns ; 1 ex. (Coll. Lower). 



Argyroploce alphestis, n. sp. 



S . 16 mm. Head, palpi, thorax whitish-fuscous somewhat 



mixed dark fuscous. Posterior tibiae and basal joint of tarsi densely 



tufted above with whitish-grey scales. Forewings rather broad, 



termen rounded, slightly oblique ; pale greyish-ochreous with 



VOL. II. — November 1921. 2 g 



