﻿Novsmher 15, 1909.] Descriptions of Indian Blicro-Lepidopler a. -660^ 



between ^ and apex, first two pairs giving rise to a rather broad ochreous- 

 whitish streak passing above middle of disc and recurved to beneath costa at 

 §, included costal spot more or less mixed with brownish-ochreous ; remaining 

 pairs give rise to short fine leaden-metallic strigte ; sides- of ocellus marked by 

 triangular patches of leaden-metallic spots ; two or three leaden-metal- 

 lic marks towards termen beneath apex : cilia rather dark fuscous, with 

 darker subbasal shade, base whitish. Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia as in 

 fore wings. 



Khasis, in August and September ; four specimens. 



Argyroploce hyalitis, n. sp. 



^9. 15-18 mm. Head and thorax dark fuscous irrorated with yellow- 

 ochreous, appearing brownish. Palpi porrected, base whitish-ochreous, second 

 joint grey with yellowish median band, terminal joint i-ather long, violet-grey. 

 Abdomen dark fuscous, segmental margins bronzy. Posterior tibise smooth- 

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

 obtuse, termen rounded, rather oblique ; dark fuscous finely irrorated wiih 

 pale ochreous with indications of darker_stri£e ; costa with about eight paiis 

 of pale strigula3, those on posterior half more distinct, beyond middle giving fp 



rise to two very oblique dark violet-leaden streaks, first reaching ^ across 

 wing, second to near termen beneath apex ; ocellus more or less sufEused with 

 ochreous irroration, margined laterally by two dark violet-leaden streaks, and 

 containing a series of about fonr short black dashes ; a pale ochreous almost 

 marginal line crossing apex : cilia fuscous, with a black basal line, Hindwings 

 subhyaline, pale fuscous, with a narrow-lanceolate clear hyaline streak beneathi 

 cell, veins blackish-fuscous ; a broad suffused blackish -fuscous terminal band ; 

 cilia white, basal third blackish, 



Khasis, in June and July ; sixteen specimens. 



Argyroploce herbosa, n. sp. 



^9. 13-15 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-whitish, more or loss tinged 

 with greenish. Palpi porrected, ochreous-whitish, second joint spotted with 

 blackish. Abdomen dark grey. Posterior tibife with appressed scales. Fore- 

 wings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 straight, vertical, rounded beneath ; dull yellowish-green ; a cloudy whitish 

 line from base beneath submedian fold, sinuate downwards in middle, and 

 continued to middle of termen, dorsal area beneath this more or less striated 

 or suffused with whitish except towards base of dorsum and on a triangular 

 tornal patch representing ocellus, above which are two or three black dashes ; 

 costa black obliquely strigulated with white ; sometimes an irregular black 

 blotch representing upper third of central fascia, narrow on costa, with an 

 irregular black streak projecting from it posteriorly, and more or less black 

 suffusion preceding it, but these markings are sometimes wholly obsolete ; a 

 short whitish longitudinal strigula resting on termen beneath apex ; cilia 

 ochreous-whitish, sometimes with a grey subbasal line, and one or two dots of. 

 grey suffusion. Hindwings in ^ beneath thickened along anterior half of- 



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