872 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HLST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXI. 



Argyi'O'ploce antaea, n. sp. 



S $ . 15-17 mm. Head fuscous, crown suffused with blackish, lower part 

 of face whitish. Palpi whitish, second joint with a more or less marked 

 black bar. Thorax whitish fuscous, with suffused dark fuscous dorsal stripe, 

 crest blackish. Posterior tibiae in S with long ochreous-whitish scales 

 towards apex above. Forewings elongate, somewhat dilated posteriorly, 

 costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly sinuate, vertical ; 

 brownish-ochreous, somewhat blackish-sprinkled, veins towards termen 

 marked with blackish lines ; costa black with pairs of white striguke 

 giving rise to very oblique whitish strigse crossing subcostal area only 

 a whitish streak along submedian fold from base to ^, and a patch of 

 undefined whitish suffusion on tornus, tending to form streaks between 

 veins ; a streak of blackish suffusion along dorsum from base to middle : 

 cilia whitish-ochreous, with fuscous bars at apex and in middle of termen. 

 Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked ; rather dark fuscous; cilia fuscous- 

 whitish, with fuscous subbasal line. 



Kandy, Ceylon (Mackwood, Green); in February and from July to 

 November, five specimens. 



Argyroploce centritis, n. sp. 



S. 16 mm. Head and palpi reddish-fuscous. Thorax reddish-fuscous 

 patagia paler, crest ferruginous. Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, 

 costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen straight, little oblique ; brown ; 

 a black dot towards costa at \, and a few small scattered blackish dots 

 in disc posteriorly ; a streak of whitish irroration along dorsum from \ to 

 tornus, anterior half of upper edge forming a triangular projection which 

 reaches half across wing, and there is a second shorter projection beyond 

 this, dorsal edge marked with a brown spot beneath first projection and 

 a smaller one between the two : cilia brown, on tornus grey. Hindwings 

 grey, thinly scaled, termen rather broadly suffused with dark fuscous ; 

 cilia whitish, with dark grey subbasal line. 



Khasis ; in November, one specimen. Allied to caryactis. 



Argyroploce sandy cota, n. sp. 



tS . 12 mm. Head and thorax reddish-ochreous spotted with blackish. 

 Palpi whitish-o'chreous suffused with reddish-orange towards apex, with a 

 blackish spot on base of second joint. Forewings elongate-triangular ; 

 costa gently arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, little oblique ; 

 orange red, irregularly reticulated with dark fuscous ; costa strigulated 

 with black, interspaces posteriorly whitish ; a blackish streak along dorsum 

 from base to 3 and a blackish spot on costa at J ; a larger irregular blackish 

 spot on costa beyond middle, and the reticulation coalesces into irregular 

 markings in disc posteriorly and before tornus. Hindwings dark grey, 

 thinly scaled anteriorly ; cilia grey, with darker subbasal line. 



Hakgala, Ceylon (Green); in April, one specimen. 



