520 EXOTIC MICROLEI'IDOPTEEA. 



subbiisal lino ; on dorsal edge above tornus a tuft of dark grey and 

 ■whitish huirs, and a tuft of whiiish-ochreous hairs above this. 

 Uganda (IJcuyreaves) ; 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). Near hTjyrantis. 



Argyroploce constructa, n. sp. 



S $ . 15-17 mm. Head ochreous-wbitish. Palpi whitish, a 

 small dark fuscous spot in middle of second joint, apex of second 

 joint and base of terminal dark fuscous. Thorax fuscous mottled 

 ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, dilated, terinen rather 

 obliquely rounded ; whitish, striated leaden-metallic between 

 markings ; costa dark fuscous, with pairs of whitish strigulae ; 

 basal patch mixed whitish, blackish, and leaden-metallic, limited 

 by an irregular-edged somewhat curved blackish fascia sometimes 

 mixed ochreous irroration ; a dark fuscous stria irrorated ochreous 

 beyond this; central fascia blackish, irregularly sprinkled ochreous, 

 little oblique, from near costa to middle broadly expanded 

 posteriorly, on lower half moderate, followed by a disconnected 

 transverse prsetornal spot ; a blackish fasciate streak suffusedly 

 irrorated ochreous from below middle of termen obliquely upwards 

 to uear costa ; a small transverse blackish apical spot, area 

 between this and preceding suffusedly irrorated ochreous : cilia 

 whitish, a blackish-grey subbasal line, tips round apex and upper 

 half of termen spotted grey. Hindwings dark grey, lighter 

 anteriorly ; cilia whitish, a dark grey subbasal shade, tips at apex 

 grey. 



Punjab, Murree, 7500 feet, June {Dutt) ; 7 ex. Extremely 

 similar to the North America instructana. 



ALEXILOGA, n. g. 



Palpi curved, subascending, with appressed scales, terminal joint 

 moderate. Thorax smooth. Forewings 7 and 8 separate. Hind- 

 wings 3 and 4 connate, 5 nearly parallel, 6 and 7 remote, parallel. 



Type rubiginosana Walk. Cat. xxviii, 401. Near Lasjjeijresia 

 and Hemimene. "^..^m .^'^ •" ■ 



Pammene dicastica, n. sp. 



cJ . 13 mm. Head light grey. Palpi ochreous-grey-whitish. 

 Thorax grey speckled whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate- 

 triangular, termen slightly sinuate, rather oblique ; grey closely 

 speckled whitish-ochreous, towards apex forming a very fine 

 regular striation ; anterior half with very faint traces of violet- 

 tinged transverse lines, two more perceptible before middle rising 

 from pairs of whitish costal strigulae ; three pairs of small white 

 costal strigulae beyond middle emitting short rather oblique violet- 

 leaden strigae, first directed towards apex of a thick leaden- 

 metallic streak forming anterior edge of ocellus, a small black dot 

 preceding apex of this streak, and 8 or 9 arranged in a double 

 transverse series beyond it : cilia fuscous-whitish, two dark fuscous 



