EPCOSMIDiE. 523 



spot nearly confluenf. with tins : cilia whitish mixed grey (im- 

 perl'ect). Hindwings grey, darker posteriorly ; cilia grey-whitish, 

 China, Shanghai ; 1 ex. (Coll. Joaunis). 



Argyroploce heliophanes, n. sp. 



cf 2 • 16-17 ram. Head, palpi orange, in c? mottled dark 

 purple. Thorax orange, in J largely suffused and mottled dark 

 grey. Forewings triangular, costa bent somewhat beyond middle, 

 termeu rounded, somewhat oblique ; orange, deeper towards costa ; 

 basal patch formed by irregular dark fuscous, blue-leaden-metallic, 

 and dark crimson-brown markings, edge irregular, obtusely 

 angnlated below middle ; space between this and central fascia 

 ii-regularly mottled purplish and dark grey ; central fascia oblicjue, 

 indicated by a dark crimson-brown irregular spot on costa and an 

 irregular blotch of dark fuscous and grey markings on dorsal half ; 

 costa posteriorly red-brown, with short oblique leaden-blue 

 striguhie rising from whitish dots, a leaden-blue marginal line 

 round apex, and a striga near beneath costa from beyond middle, 

 curved near apex and continued interruptedly along terraen to 

 tornus ; preceding this a broad irregular blackish terminal fascia, 

 more broken up in c? , terminating above in a short dark red- 

 brown streak before apex, containing an irregular blue-leaden 

 streak from tornus reaching | across wing : cilia leaden-grey. 

 Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia grey-whitish, a grey subbasal line. 



Peru, Iquitos, March to May (Parish) ; 2 ex. 



Argyroploce sardiodes, n. sp. 



c? . 16 mm. Head, thorax dark grey, thoracic crest small, 

 ferruginous. Palpi grey, second joint dark grey except apex. 

 Forewings rather broad, somewhat dilated, costa gently arched, 

 termen rounded, vertical ; blue-leaden-grey, on dorsal half some- 

 what suffusedly mixed dull orange-ochreous ; basal patch formed 

 by irregular dark fuscous marking, edge rather oblique ; central 

 fascia rather broad, oblique, ochreous-brown bectming deep 

 ferruginous on upper half posteriorly, broadest and posterior edge 

 angulated in middle ; costal edge dark fuscous with oblique white 

 striguloe from basal patch to apex ; a transverse deep feiTuginous 

 bar resting on median portion of termen, connected above by two 

 very fine irregular whitish strigae with costa about |, between 

 these two short deep ferruginous dashes, some slight ferruginous 

 marking adjoining costal and apical edge : cilia ferruginous, outer 

 half burred grey. Hindwings dark grey; cilia whitish, a dark 

 grey basal line. 



Peru, Iquitos, March (Parish) ; 1 ex. 



Argyroploce circumplexa, n. sp. 



(^ . 15 mm. Head, palpi, thorax dark fuscous. Posterior 

 tibite and basal joint of tarsi with long dense whitish hairs above. 



