196 EXOTIC MTCROLEPIDOPTERA. 



EUCOSMID.E. 



Argyroploce iorrhoa, n. sp. 



(J" . IS mm. Head and thorax ferruginous-brown freckled wltl: 

 whitish. Palpi rather short, porrected, ochreous-whitish, becoming 

 yellowish towards apex, with reddish-brown lateral blotch. Abdo- 

 men gre^^ Posterior tibiae and basal joint of tarsi clothed above 

 Avith long dense rough whitish hairs. Porewings elongate-oblong, 

 costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, 

 rounded beneath ; reddish-brown mixed with feri'uginous, anterior 

 half closely and coarsely striated with ochreous-whitish, ])artially 

 broken into irregular strigulte ; a violet streak from middle of 

 costa to dorsum before tornus, curved inwards on upper half and 

 outwards on lower, with projections on each side above middle, 

 thickened towards dorsum ; costa beyond this dark reddish-brown 

 with five pairs of oblique white strigulse, edged beneath by an 

 ochreous-orange streak, first pair giving rise to a rather outwards- 

 curved thick violet streak running to tornus, second to a slender 

 violet streak nearly reaching termen beneath apex ; between these 

 violet streaks the wing is marked with blackish lines on veins 

 mixed with ochreous-whitish. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey- 

 whitish, with dark grey subbasal line, 



Ntassaland, Mt. Mlaiije, in December {Neave}', one specimen. 

 Type in British Museum. 



Argyroploce calchantis, n. sp. 



$, 12-13 mm. Head and thorax dark fuscous irrorated with 

 grey-whitish, tending to form transverse bars. Palpi moderate, 

 porrected, dark fuscous, second joint banded with white irroration. 

 Abdomen dark grey. Forewings elongate, rather dilated posteriorly, 

 costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen straight, little oblique ; 

 dark fuscous, strewn throughout with suffused irregular leaden- 

 gr^y spots ; costal half of central fascia marked irregularly with 

 blackish ; a suffused white band from about i of costa to tornus, 

 suffusedly spotted with leadeu-grey except towards costa, marked 

 in middle witli two irregular black dashes, upner smaller : cilia 

 dark fuscous sprinkled with whitish (imperfect). Hindwings dark 

 grey. 



JSIyASSALAND, Mt. Mlanjc, in October {Neave)\ two specimens. 

 Ty^ie in British Museum. Allied to i\\e j^iruniana group. 



Pammene isocampta, n. sp. 



6 . 11-12 ram. Head violet-grey. Palpi grey sprinkled with 

 whitish. Thorax dark violet-grey sijrinkled with whitish. Abdo- 

 men dark violet-grey. Forewings moderately broad, posteriorly 



