Aa 
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median streak ; a pale ochreous semioval patch extending along dorsum 
from } to 3, brownish-edged towards upper edge posteriorly, edged 
with whitish above ; tornal area suffused with whitish-ochreous ; dorsum 
and termen dotted with blackish: cilia whitish-ochreous, with a dark 
fuscous bar at apex and two in middle of termen. Hindwings with 3 
and 4 stalked; fuscous: cilia ochreous-whitish, with fuscous subbasal 
line. 
Khasis ; in October and November , four specimens. 
Argyroploce antaea, 0. sp. 
g 9. 15-17 mm. Head fuscous, crown suffused with blackish, lower part 
of face whitish. Palpi whitish, second joint with a more or less marked 
black bar. Thorax whitish fuscous, with suffused dark fuscous dorsal stripe, 
erest blackish. Posterior tibis in ¢ with long ochreous-whitish scales 
towards apex above. Forewings elongate, somewhat dilated posteriorly, 
costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly sinuate, vertical ; 
brownish-ochreous, somewhat blackish-sprinkled, veins towards termen 
marked with blackish lines ; costa black with pairs of white striguls 
giving rise to very oblique whitish strigse crossing subcostal area only 
a whitish streak along submedian fold from base to $, and a patch of 
undefined whitish suffusion on tornus, tending to form streaks between 
veins; a streak of blackish suffusion along dorsum from base to middle : 
cilia whitish-ochreous, with fuscous bars at apex and in middle of termen. 
Hindwings with 8 and 4 stalked; rather dark fuscous; cilia fuscous- 
whitish, with fuscous subbasal line. 
Kandy, Ceylon (Mackwood, Green); in February and from July to 
November, five specimens. 
Argyroploce centritis, n. sp. 
¢.16mm. Head and palpi reddish-fuscous. Thorax reddish-fuscous, 
patagia paler, crest ferruginous. Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, 
costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen straight, little oblique ; brown; 
a black dot towards costa at}, and afew small scattered blackish dots 
in dise posteriorly ; a streak of whitish irroration along dorsum from } to 
tornus, anterior half of upper edge forming a triangular projection which 
reaches half across wing, and there is a second shorter projection beyond 
this, dorsal edge marked with a brown spot beneath first projection and 
a smaller one between the two; cilia brown, on tornus grey. Hindwings 
grey, thinly scaled, termen rather broadly suffused with dark fuscous ; 
cilia whitish, with dark grey subbasal line. 
Khasis ; in November, one specimen. Allied to caryactis. 
Argyroploce sandycota, n. sp. 
g. 12 mm. Head and thorax reddish-ochreous spotted with blackish. 
Palpi whitish-ochreous suffused with reddish-orange towards apex, with a 
blackish spot on base of second joint, Forewings elongate-triangular ; 
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