ARGYBOTHRIPA. 381 



Hah. E. Pegu, 5000 feet (Doherty). Exp. 24 millim. Type in 

 coll. Elwes. 



2227. Argyrothripa occulta, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 461, pi. 27, 



fig. 11 ; C. $ S. no. 2426. 



$ . Reddish brown. Pore wing irrorated with black ; black 

 basal streaks on vein 1 and inner margin ; a waved antemedial 

 line; a dark speck in cell; the reniform large and indistinct; a 

 double curved postmedial line; a large subtriangular grey patch 

 on apical part of costa with an indentation in its outer edge ; the 

 veins streaked with black at the margin. Hind wing dark fuscous ; 

 underside with cell-spot, postmedial line, and the outer area 

 fuscous. 



Hob. Poona. Exp. 30 millim. 



2228. Argyrothripa xanthosticta, n. sp. 



d 1 . Brownish grey ; palpi white with the sides black ; fore tibiae 

 tufted and with a black spot on them. Fore wing with irregular 

 antemedial line with diffused brown band inside it ; a medial sinuous 

 line angled on median nervure ; the reniform bright yellow ; a 

 postmedial sinuous line recurved to near lower angle of cell, with 

 some brown suffusion beyond it ; an indistinct irregularly waved 

 submarginal line ; some brown suffusion on outer margin. Hind 

 wings whitish ; the outer area fuscous. 



Hab. Sikkim. Exp. 36 millim. Type in coll. Elwes. 



SECT. II. Hind wins: with veins 3 and 4 stalked. 



2229. Argyrothripa grisea, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 87, pi. 146, fig. 13. 



c? . Head, thorax, and fore wing silvery grey, irrorated with 

 fuscous ; the last with the antemedial, medial, and postmedial 

 double lines prominent ; a dentate submarginal line ; the median 

 nervure at end of cell and the discocellulars dotted with ferruginous 

 scales ; a medial fuscous patch on the costa ; a series of marginal 

 specks. Hind wing and abdomen fuscous. 



II ah. Nilgiris. Exp. 30 millim. 



2230. Argyrothripa pallescens, Hmpsn. III. Het. ix, p. 108, pi. 163, 



fig. L J 5. 



rf . Pale greyish white with a brownish tinge. Tore wing with 

 very indistinct double antemedial, medial, and postmedial waved 

 lines and single submarginal Hue. Hind wing whitish fuscous. 

 Hab. Ceylon. /;. - y >. 24 millim. 



2231. Argyrothripa robusta, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 288. 



cj . Head and thorax pale and dark brown ; abdomen pale. 

 Fore wing very pale reddish brown as far as the double highly 

 curved postmedial lines, which are dark and prominent, the 

 area beyond them grey ; indistinct subbasal and antemedial waved 

 lines ; a dark streak below the cell, terminating in a black medial 



