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Akgyroploce intricata, n. sp. 

 (intrieatus, confused, entangled). 



9, 14 mm. Head and thorax fusoous. Palpi 2; 

 fuscous. Antennae grey. Abdomen fuscous, with pale- 

 ochreous irroration. Legs fuscous; tarsi with whitish rings; 

 posterior pair mostly whitish. Forewings dilated posteriorly, 

 costa gently arched, apex rectangular, termen sinuate, 

 rounded beneath, not oblique; ochreous-fuseous, with dark 

 fuscous transverse broken lines ; a small crest of reddish- 

 ochreous scales in mid-disc at \ and another in middle; 

 ocellus brown-whitish, with some irregular central dark- 

 fuscous markings, succeeded and followed by leaden-metallic 

 striae ; a leaden-metallic roundish blotch outlined with 

 fuscous before mid-termen ; an interrupted terminal 

 reddish-ochreous line ; cilia brown, mixed with dark-fuscous. 

 Hindwings pale reddish-ochreous, broadly suffused with 

 fuscous towards margins; cilia pale reddish-ochreous, with a 

 fuscous sub-basal line. 



Hah. — Queensland: Brisbane, in April; one specimen. 



Argyroploce phaeosigma, n. sp. 

 (</>aiocriy/Aa, with dusky sigma). 



9 , 18 mm. Head reddish-purple, mixed with ochreous- 

 whitish. Palpi 2A; reddish-purple mixed with ochreous- 

 whitish. Antennae pale ochreous-grey. Thorax reddish- 

 purple, with median and postmedian whitish transverse lines. 

 Abdomen ochreous-brown. Legs reddish-purple; posterior 

 pair and middle femora mostly ochreous-whitish. Forewings 

 slightly dilated, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, 

 termen rounded, scarcely oblique ; reddish-purple, mixed with 

 whitish and intermediate shades; a large circular dark-fuscous 

 blotch beyond middle, touching costa, with a short process 

 towards termen, the whole resembling an inverted o- ; an 

 incomplete whitish fascia from costa containing a few reddish- 

 purple strigulae precedes this blotch ; some whitish costal 

 strigulae beyond blotch; a grey bar, surrounded by whitish 

 suffusion from below ^ costa to midtermen ; a similar bar, 

 crossed by some purple striae, from tornus nearly meeting the 

 preceding ; a reddish-purple terminal line ; cilia reddish- 

 purple. Hindwings and cilia ochreous-brown. 



Hah. — Northern Territory: Darwin, in June; one 

 specimen received from G. F. Hill. 



Argyroploce exedra, n. sp. (e£e Spos, strange, extraordinary). 



d , 18 mm. Head fuscous, with some whitish scales. 



Palpi 2 ; fuscous, lower-edge towards base and apex of second 



joint whitish. Antennae grey; ciliations in male minute.. 



