﻿Jfdy 15, 1908.] Indian Mkro-kiAdoptera. Hi^ 



Argyrotoxa, St ph. 



AatenuBe in $ minutely ciliated. Palpi moderately long, porrected, second 

 joint triangularly expanded with scales, terminal joint short. Forewings with 

 tufts of raised scales on surface, in $ without costal fold ; 3-5 approximated, 

 7 to terraen. Hindwings with 3 and 4 connate or stalked, 6 approximated, 

 6 and 7 closely approximated towards base. 



Type A. hergmanniana, L. I find it desirable to reconstitute this genus 



(which had been abandoned by myself and others), to include those species 



which differ from Tortrix by the possession of scale-tufts on the surface of 



_forewings. and from Oxygrapha by the terminal ending of vein 7 ; in other 



characters the species appear to be quite intermediate. To this genus the i^t^Zi 



European forskaleana, L. and bifasciana, Hb. belong, ' 



Argyrotoxa glaucomis, n. sp. 



^ 9- 16-18 mm. Head light ochreous. Palpi pale ochreous irrorated witk 

 dark fuscous. Thorax greyish or brownish-ochreous, sometimes whitish -mixed. 

 Abdotaen grey, apex whitish-ochreous. Forewings suboblong, costa strongly 

 arched throughout and somewhat roughened with scales posteriorly, apox 

 round -pointed, termen sinuate, rather oblique ; dark fuscous suffused with dull 

 olive-greenish, irregularly and suffusedly striated transversely with leaden- 

 metallic ; a large very variable oval blotch occupying basal § of costa and 

 reaching more than half across wing, dark brown, or dark indigo-fuscous, or 

 white more or less marked with dark fuscous, sometimes nearly obsolete, often 

 margined posteriorly by a small conspicuous white costal spot ; in one specimen 

 this white spot is extended as an irregular transverse streak to dorsum • some- 

 times instead of the blotch there is a round black spot in disc about a ; a large 

 tuft of scales in middle of disc, and another on submedian fold beyond middle: 

 cilia fuscous, base ochreous-tinged. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Khasis, in June and July ; twenty -five specimens. 



Argyrotoxa elcearcha, n. sp. 



^9- l'J-17 mm. Head and thorax ochreous- whitish, patagia whitish- 

 ochreous. Palpi ochreous irrorated with fuscous, internally whitish. Abdomen 

 grey. Forewings elongate-oblong, costa strongly arched near base, thereafter 

 nearly straight, apex round-pointed, termen sinuate, somewhat oblique- dull 

 olive-greenish, irregularly marked and striated with glistening l€aden-<^rcy- 

 whitish ; a patch of leaden-grey scales mixed with blackish on base of costa, 

 followed by a glistening grey-whitish patch ; dorsum from ^ to f suffused with 

 reddish-ochreous ; several tufts of scales on dorsal half-anteriorly, a laro-e tuft 

 tipped with black in disc at |, preceded by a dark reddish-fuscous mark, and 

 a transverse ridge tipped with black towards apex ; tornal area mixed with 

 crimsou-fuscous, with a well-marked oblique silvery-whitish streak from tornus : 

 cilia ochreous with a suffused fuscous-crimson shade and apical patch on 

 tornus grey. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Khasis ; two specimens. 



