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Novemher 15, 1909.] Descriptions of Inxlian Mkro-Lepklopkra. 6^^ 



fuscous, towards apex broadly suffused with darker fuscous, costal area 

 broadly whitish ; cilia whitish, with dark fuscous subbasal shade. 



Khasis, in December ; one specimen. 



Arrjijroploce herbifera, n. sp. 



^$. 21-22 mm. Head and thorax yellowish-green, thorax sometimeH 

 with indistinct whitish bar, Fometimes sufi'used dorsally with feruginous- 

 yellow (unless these are faded). Palpi subascending, green, base whitish 

 beneath. Abdomen dark grey. Posterior tibi^ rough-sealed beneath. Fore- 

 wings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse 

 termen straight, somewhat oblique rounded beneath ; purplish-ashy-grey 

 darker towards costa ; markings rather deep yellowish-green ; an oblique basal 

 fascia, posterior edge marked with black on upper half ; a small black costal 

 spot beyond this ; an irregular rather oblique transverse streak at -' much 

 marked with black on upper §, space between this and central fascia suffu- 

 sedly mixed with white and spotted with black ; central fascia narrow rather 

 irregular, much suffused with black on upper half, anterior edge with a large 

 _irregular downward projection from above middle ; a large irregular quadri- 

 lateral blotch touching tornus and termen and reaching f across wino- more 

 or less strigulated and edged with black, upper anterior side marc/ined by 

 a white V-shaped mark pointing upwards, above which is a suffused green 

 spot ; three semioval spots on costa posteriorly more or less suffused with 

 black, separated by pairs of white strigulse ; some white and black scales on 

 termen : cilia dull green, irregularly barred with blackish. Hindwino's 

 fuscous, rather darker in ^ , suffused with dark fuscous towards apex • cilia 

 light fuscous, with dark fuscous subbasal line. 



Khasis, iu October ; Maskeliya, Ceylon, in May (de Mowbray) ; four 

 specimens. 



Argyroploce semiculta, n. sp. 



(J 9. 21-22 mm. Head dull greenish, face dark fuscous. Palpi ascending, 

 dull greenish, suffused with dark fuscous beneath and towards apex. Thorax 

 dull green, crest suffused with ferruginous-brown. Abdomen dark grey. Pos- 

 terior tibiae in $ rough-scaled beneath and towards base above. Forewings 

 elongate -triangular, costa moderately, in $ beyond middle rather strongly 

 arched, apex in $ rectangular, in 9 obtuse ; termen in $ subsiuuate, rather 

 oblique, in 9 nearly straight, httle oblique ; light dull green, indistinctly 

 strigulated with dark grey irroration ; two large subtriangular dark red-brown 

 blotches mixed with blackish resting on central and apical thirds of costa 

 reaching f across wing, subconfluent towards costa but including a spot of 

 ground colour more or less marked with white on upper angle of cell ; on costal 

 edge of these blotches are several pairs of whitish strigulce, whence proceed 

 in distinct oblique purplish streaks : cilia reddish brown mixed with blackish. 

 Hindwings in $ with abrupt rounded prominence in middle of termen, concave 

 above and below this, upper margin of cell above with a ridge of dense scales 

 dark fuscous, in $ paler and thinly scaled towards base and dorsum • cilia 

 whitish-fuscous, with dark fuscous subbasal shade. 



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