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termen obscurely barred with dark fuscous. Hindwings grey, thinly 

 scaled anteriorly, broadly suffused with dark fuscous towards termen ; 

 cilia whitish-grey, with dark grey subbasal line. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon (Alston) ; in November, one specimen. 



Argyroploce scolopendrias, n. sp. 



S . 19 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax reddish-fuscous mixed with blackish. 

 Posterior tibise without tufts. Forewings elongate, somewhat dilated 

 posteriorly, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen somewhat 

 sinuate, rather oblique ; crimson-fuscous, indistinctly striated longitudi- 

 nally with blackish in disc, suffused with ochreous-whitish towards base in 

 middle ; costa strigulated with blackish and whitish ; a slender black 

 submedian streak from base to beyond middle, edged beneath with 

 ochreous-brown suffusion; dorsal area beneath this forming a broad pale 

 ochreous streak continued across tornus and as a broad terminal patch 

 indistinctly lined with brownish to apex, where it is terminated by an 

 oblique white mark ; a white transverse linear mark on end of cell, and 

 a black median streak from this to termen : cilia ochreous-whitish, with a 

 reddish-fuscous bar at apex, and two on middle of termen. Hindwings with 

 3 and 4 stalked ; light greyish-ochreous; cilia ochreous-whitish, with grey 

 subbasal line. 



Nilgiris, 6,000 feet (Andrewes) ; in May, one specimen. Very similar 

 to scorpiastis, but forewings more elongate, termen more oblique, dorsal 

 .pale area forming a uniform band with straight black upper edge, hindwing 

 paler. 



Aryyro'ploce scorpiastis, n. sp. 



d 5 • 16-18 mm. Head and thorax fuscous, often reddish-tinged, some- 

 times mixed with dark fuscous. Palpi reddish-whitish barred with blackish 

 suffusion. Posterior tibiae without tufts. Forewings elongate, moderate, 

 somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 slightly sinuate, little oblique ; crimson-fuscous, lighter and more crimson- 

 tinged towards costa ; costa obliquely strigulated with dark reddish- 

 fuscous and sometimes with whitish ; basal | longitudinally striated with 

 ochreous-whitish in disc, mixed with black between striee ; a white trans- 

 verse linear mark on end of cell, space between this and termen streaked 

 longitudinally with ochreous whitish or brownish-ochreous, with a black 

 median streak ; a pale ochreous semioval patch extending along dorsum 

 ifrom J to f, brownish-edged towards upper edge posteriorly, edged 

 with whitish above ; tornal area suffused with whitish-ochreous ; dorsum 

 and termen dotted with blackish : cilia whitish-ochreous, with a dark 

 "fuscous bar at apex and two in middle of termen. Hindwings with 3 

 and 4 stalked ; fuscous ; cilia ochreous-whitish, with fuscous subbasal 

 line. 



Khasis ; in October and November, four specimens. 



