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28 Mr. E. Mevrick's Descriptions of 



Argyroploce platyzona, n. sj). 



(^. 16 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax blackish-fuscous. Abdomen 

 dark grey. Forcwings suboblong, moderately broad, costa moder- 

 ately arched, apex obtuse, tcrmen rounded, little oblique; ro.sy- 

 ochreous, slightly sprinkled with dark fuscous on veins posteriorly; 

 costa with small blackish marks edged with whitish; basal patch 

 blackish-fuscous, edge nearly straight, space between this and cen- 

 tral fascia suffused with ochreous-whitish, of even width; central 

 fascia blackish-fuscous, moderate on costa, becoming very broad 

 downwards, anterior edge straight, posterior evenly curved, finely 

 edged with whitish ; a fine black whitish-edged streak along upper 

 part of termen, with a strong oblong projection inwards beneath 

 apex; a few leaden-grey strigulae in region of ocellus : cilia dark 

 grey with blackish basal line, with light rosy-ochi-eous tornal patch. 

 Hindwings with 3 and 4 connate ; dark grey ; cilia grey, with darker 

 basal line. 



French Guiana, R. Maroni; one specimen. 



Argyroploce impolita, n. sp. 



(^. 24 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax rather dark brownish, tinged 

 with reddish, especially on patagia. Abdomen grey. Forewings 

 rather elongate-triangular, moderate, costa moderately arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen hardly sinuate, little oblique ; rather dark brownish 

 marbled with bluish-leaden on basal half; basal patch edged with 

 a suffused dark fuscous streak, obtusely angulated on fold; two 

 pairs of whitish strigulae on costa between this and central fascia, 

 and a blotch of whitish suffusion beneath these ; central fascia 

 broad throughout, dark fuscous, oblique, followed on upper portion 

 by orange-ochreous suffusion more extended posteriorly beneath 

 costa, and on tornal area by a patch of whitish suffusion; costa 

 posteriorly dark fuscous, with pairs of indistinct whitish strigulae ; 

 apical area ochreous-brownish : cilia fuscous, on tornus mixed 

 with whitish. Hindwings with 3 and 4 coiuiate ; grey ; cilia grey, 

 towards tips whitish-tinged. 



Colombia, San Antonio, 5800 feet, in November; one 

 specimen . 



GELECHIADAE. 



Anomoxena, n. g. 



Head smooth; ocelli absent; tongue developed. Antennae §, 

 in (J simple, basal joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi 



