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605 Juum., Dim. Nal. //1st. Soc, Vol. X/X., Xo. 3. [Xovemher 15, 1909. 



1 (J, Hakgala, Ceylon, in April (Green) ; 1 $, Khasis, in November. 



Argyroploce gyrotis.n.'^^. 



9. 15-17 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax fuscous or brown tinged with 

 ferruginous ; palpi porrected. Abdomen dark grey. Posterior tibise with toler- 

 ably appressed scales. Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, somewhat oblique; ferruginous 

 brownish more or less overlaid with purplish-leaden grey, markings dark 

 ferrugiDous-brown, partially finely edged with whitish ; an oblique transverse 

 blotch from dorsum marking lower half of edge of an angulated basal patch ; 

 a small triangular dorsal spot beyond this ; central fascia rather narrow, curved, 

 oblique, posterior edge well-defined, anterior suffused and dilated into a large 

 blotch projectiig downwards in disc ; a rounded blotch before middle of 

 termen, well-defined above, suffused beneath ; an oblique spot on costa at f , 

 and two or three oblique strigte beyond this : cilia ferruginous-brown, towards 

 tornus suffused with grey. Hindwings dark fuscous, lighter anteriorly ; cilia 

 grey irrorated with whitish, with dark grey subbasal shade, 



-^ ~~" Khasis, in June and July. ; nine specimens. 



iOJ • A7-gyropl(jCe aeraria,n. sp. 



^9. 1315 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax whitish-ochreous, somiCtimes 

 faintly rosy-tinged, palpi ascending. Abdomen blackish, segmental margins 

 yellow. Posterior tibiaB with appressed scales. Forewings elongate, posteriorly 

 dilated, costa slightly arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen shghtly rounded , 

 somewhat oblique ; varying from olive-greenish or brownish-ochreous to bright 

 deep ferruginous, sometimes partially sprinkled with black; usually more or less 

 distinctly ferruginous towards tornus ; three cloudy streaks varying from 

 pale pinkish to orange, viz., costal and median streaks from base to near 

 middle and one from near costa before apex to near middle of dorsum ; some 

 irregular scattered blue-leaden marks specially on a longitudinal supramedian 

 series ; area between these streaks and beneath median sometimes suffused with 

 dark red-brown, sometimes partly mixed with black ; apical area sometimes 

 suffused with crimson : cilia varying from ochreous to ferruginous. Hindwings 

 with 3 and 4 usually short-stalked ; blackish ; an irregular variable orange- 

 yellow streak in disc from base to middle, slenderly attenuated anteriorly, and 

 an elongate-triangular spot above its posterior extremity ; cilia whitish, with 

 blackish basal line. 



Khasis, from December to March ; fourteen specimens, 



Argyroploce solaris, n. sp. 



9. 14-15 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous tinged with rosy, and 

 mixed with reddish-fuscous and dark fuscous. Palpi ascending, whitish- 

 ochreous tinged with rosy, with one or two blackish dots. Abdomen blackish, 

 se^^mental margins orange. Posterior tibise with appressed scales. Forewings 

 elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa slightly arched, apex rounded-obtuse termen, 

 almost straight, rather oblique ; reddish-fuscous, more or less rosy-tinged, 

 irref^ularly mixod with ochreous-whitish and sprinkled with dark fuscous ; 

 numerous irregularly scattered small dark Icadcn-grey marks or strigula), some- 

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