450 Sir G. F. Plampsou on new 



surface of abdomen white tinged with red-brown. Fore wing pale 

 red-brown mixed with whitish and irrorated with fuscous and a few 

 silvery scales ; a white streak below basal half of submedian fold 

 and a streak below basal half of vein 5 ; a curved subterminal series 

 of slight silvery points and slight dark streaks in the interspaces 

 towards termen ; cilia brown glossed with silver. Hind wing 

 almost pure white. Underside of fore wing and costal area of hind 

 wing tinged with red-brown. 



Ilab. Cape Coloxy, Annshaw (Miss F. Barrett), 1 S type. 

 Jilxj). 1-4 mm. 



(26 m) Argyria poliella, sp. n. 



5 . Head and thorax white with a slight brownish tinge ; 

 abdomen white with fulvous yellow dorsal patch on 2nd segment. 

 Fore wing white slightly tinged with brown and with greyer 

 streaks in and below cell and between the veins of terminal area ; 

 a minute discoidal black point ; a very indistinct brown postmedial 

 line, strongly exciirved from costa to vein 5 then very oblique ; a 

 terminal series of black points. Hind wing white. 



Sab. Br. C. Africa, Upper Shire R., Zomba (Bendall), 1 $ 

 type. Exp. 26 mm. 



(26 w) Argyria psammathis, sp. n. 



$ . Head and thorax pale red-brown mixed with whitish ; palpi 

 irrorated with black ; abdomen white tinged with pale red-brown 

 and with some fulvous j'ellow towards base of dorsum. Pectus, 

 legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white tinged with pale red- 

 brown. Fore wing whitish suffused with pale red-brown and 

 slightly striated with blackish especially on inner half of medial 

 area ; a slight dark spot on upper discocellular ; postmedial line 

 indistinct, dark, excm'ved to vein 4, then oblique and slightly 

 sinuous ; a terminal series of minute black spots defined on outer 

 side by silvery spots on the cilia. Hind wing almost pure white 

 with a slight dark terminal line from apex to vein 4. Underside 

 of fore wing and the costal area of hind wing tinged with red- 

 brown. 



Hab. Gold Coast, Bibianaha (Spiirrell), 1 5; N. Kigeria, 

 Bida {Macfie), 1 $ type, Minna {Macjie), 1 $ . Exp. 24 mm. 



(26 o) Argyria bipunctalis, sp. n. 



2 . Head and thorax white in-orated with brown ; palpi ii'rorated 

 with large black scales ; abdomen, pectus, and legs white tinged 

 with red-brown. Fore wing white iiTorated with brown except 

 along median ner\Tire and the base of the veins bej^ond the cell ; 

 two obliquely placed black discoidal points ; a black terminal line ; 

 cilia silvery white with some blackish at tips. Hind wing silvery 

 white. Underside of fore wing and costal area of hind wing faintly 

 tinged Avith red-brown. 



Hab. N. Nigeria, Zungeru {Macfie), 2 $ type. Exp. 26 mm. 



