Lord Walsinpjliam on Asiatic Tortricidaj. 237 



greyish brown ; cilia j)ale wliitish cinereous, with a slender 

 greyish brown shade runninix throiii;h them near their base. 

 Abdomen greyish brown. Let/s whitish, hind tarsal joints 

 faintly spottcil. 



'J)/P^, 6 (60050) :Mus. Wls.n. 



/Job. Japan [I'ryer, li5«6) — lIosDO — Yukohama [Man- 

 hy, 1888). Four specimens. 



This sjiecies appears to be allied to CDrticana, lib., but the 

 pale grounil-colour of the wing almost obliterates the central 

 fascia below the middle ; tlu' apical markings also are some- 

 what diti'erent and the palpi are white instead of dusky. 



d'd'd (1). Argyroploce auricristana^ sp. n. 



Antennce subochreous, basal joint white. Palpi white. 

 Head hoary grey above, white in front. Thorax olive 

 ochreous mixed with white, with a conspicuous golden olive 

 crest posteriorly. Fore loings olive ochreous, shading to 

 olive-brown, especially along the costa ; apical third of the 

 wing snow-white, the apex slightly tinged with brownish 

 grey ; the olive ochreous colour is irrorated with lustrous 

 chalybaious scales which extend as shining silvery streaks 

 along the inner margin of the white s[)ace and around the 

 termen ; cilia shining whitish, ^lightly clouded with grey. 

 E.vp. al. 19-20 mm. Hind icings greyish brown; cilia 

 shining pale cinereous. Abdomen greyish brown. Legs 

 shining cinereous, hind tarsal joints s[)otted with brownish. 



Type, i (70137); ? (70i;5i<; Mus. Wlsm. 



Hah. Japan {Pryer^ 1886)— ^/c^s/ir {Leech, 1890). Ten 

 specimens. 



934 (1). Argyroploce geminata^ sp. n. 



Atitennce ( <? ) simple; greyish. Palpi porrect, u itii the 

 tuft on the underside of the median joint considerably deve- 

 loped ; whitish, shaded with greyish fuscous externally. 

 Head whitish ochreous. Thorax with the tut't scarcely deve- 

 luped ; whitish, mixed with greyish fuscous and olivaceous. 

 Fore wings white, much mottled, streaked, and clouded with 

 greyish fuscous, grey, ami olivaceous ; an irregular curved 

 band of mixed greyish tuscous and olivaceous within the 

 basal third, further from the base on the dorsum than on the 

 costa, encloses a speckled and striatetl basal patch, in which 

 is a tuft of olivaceous ochreous scales on the <lorsuui ; the 



