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Argyroploce anaiilecta, n. sp. 



$^. 15-16 mm. Head, palpi, thorax and abdomen dark fuscous; palpJ 

 porrccted, beneath and towards base white ; anal tuft of $ whitish. Posterior 

 tibire of $ clothed above and beneath with dense (probably expansible) white 

 scales. Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen straight, vertical ; blackish-fuscous, suffusedly striated with 

 purplish-leaden (more purplish in 9 ), except a thick streak from \ of costa to 

 middle of termen, and another slightly curved from middle of costa to apex ; 

 costal extremities of stria3 whitish, space between these in 9 tinged with bronzy- 

 brown towards costa ; ocellus filled with ground colour sprinkled with whitish ; 

 two or three white specks on termen beneath apex : cilia dark fuscous. Hind- 

 witigs dark fuscous, in ^ thinly scaled and subopaque except towards apex ; 

 cilia whitish-fuscous, with dark fuscous subbasal shade. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon, in February, May and June (Pole, de Mowbray) ; three 

 specimens. 



Argi/roploce cyanura, n. sp. 



$ 9- 18-20 mm. Head and thorax dark leaden-fuscous. Palpi porrected, 

 fuscous, suffused with dark fuscous towards apex and on a median bar, ochreous- 

 whitish towards base beneath. Abdomen dark fuscous, in $ with dark blue 

 or indigo patch before whitish apex. Posterior tibiae in $ with appressed 

 scales. Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen almost straight, nearly vertical ; very dark fuscous ; basal patch 

 formed of suffused purplish-leaden stride, outer edge angulated in middle, 

 angle confluent with corner of a similar quadrate dorsal blotch beyond it ; seven 

 pairs of whitish costal strigulse between ^ and apex, first two giving rise to a 

 whitish streak which soon becomes light brown and is curved round above 

 middle of disc almost to costa at f , enclosed space suf use d with light ferrugi- 

 nous-brown and marked with two or three oblique leaden lines ; sides of 

 ocellus marked by triangular patches of suffused purplish leaden strigse ; two or 

 three white specks on termen beneath apex : cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings 

 dark fuscous, lighter anteriorly ; cilia fuscous, with dark fuscous subbasal 

 shade. 



Khasig ; Gunong Ijan, Malay Peninsula ; in June and September ; five 

 specimens. 



Argyroploce aspidias, n. sp. 



^9- 17-18 mm. Head ochreous-grey, forehead and sides of crown mixed 

 or suffused with dark fuscous, face grey-whitish. Palpi subascending, fuscous 

 suffused with dark fuscous towards apex, ochreous-whitish beneath and 

 towards base. Thorax leaden-grey tinged with rosy and mixed with blackish. 

 Abdomen dark fuscous. Posterior tibiae in $ clothed beneath with large 

 expansible brush of whitish hairs. Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, 

 costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen somewhat rounded, little oblique ; 

 blackish ; basal patch spotted with leaden-metallic, sometimes somewhat mixed 

 with whitish, outer edge oblique ; seven pairs of whitish costal strigulso 

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