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undefined, rather narrow, oblique ; four pairs of whitish strigulse 

 on costa posteriorlj', separated with dark fuscous ; a dark fuscous 

 apical spot, with a projecting dash from its lower part ; posterior 

 edge of ocellus indicated by an obscure dull leaden mark before 

 termen : cilia light brownish irrorated with grey, with dark fuscous 

 subbasal line. Hindwings rather light grey, veins dark fuscous ; 

 cilia grey. 



Ceylon, Peradeniya, in May, bred from a Psyllid gall on Ficus 

 {Rutherford) ; one specimen. Type in British Museum. 



Acroclita trichocnemis, n. sp. 



S . 11 mm. Head whitish, face fuscous. Palpi white, second 

 joint with a blackish bar above middle, before this suffused with 

 grey. Antennae simple. Thorax grey mixed with whitish and 

 black. Abdomen dark fuscous. Posterior tibiae with large dense 

 expansible tuft of dark grey hairs. Forewings elongate, suboblong, 

 costa anteriorly gently arched, without fold, posteriorly nearly 

 straight, apex obtuse, termen somewhat sinuate just beneath apex, 

 not oblique, rounded beneath ; grey, mixed with silvery white ; 

 posterior half of costa blackish, with four pairs of white strigulae ; 

 markings fuscous irregularly mixed and marked with black ; basal 

 patch represented by a narrow basal fascia, and a moderate some- 

 what oblique fascia at ^ ; central fascia moderately broad, irregular, 

 rather oblique, parti-ally interrupted ; a terminal patch extending 

 from costa to tornus, margined anteriorly beneath by a leaden 

 streak: cilia grey, on basal half barred with blackish irroration. 

 Hindwings dark grey ; cilia light grey, with darker subbasal line. 



Ntassalakd, Mt. Mlanje, in February (Neave) ; one specimen. 

 Type in British Museum. 



Argyroploce rhynchias Meyr. 



Maxteitius, Reduit, in September, bred from pods of Canavalia 

 (de Charmoy) ; two specimens ( 5 )• These have the dark margin 

 of the pale terminal patch forming a well-marked curved dark 

 fuscous streak whose extremities rest on apex and termen below 

 middle, thus enclosing a semicircular patch, whereas in the Ceylon 

 form it is straighter with the extremities less distinct ; a local 

 form may be indicated, but it is doubtless not specifically distinct ; 

 the larval habit accounts for introduction with the cultivated 

 foodplant. 



Argyroploce balanacma, n. sp. 



$. 17 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, with a blackish dot on 

 each side of face. Palpi moderate, porrected, oehreous-whitish, 

 second joint with a longitudinal series of three black dots. Thorax 

 pale greyish-ochreous, with dark fuscous transverse band before 



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