156 Z OOLOGISCHE MEDEDEELINGEN — DEEL VI. 



riorly, especially in Ç> in <ƒ dorsal area sometimes tinged with whitish- 

 ochreous, with a subdorsal groove, its sides on lower surface clothed 

 with dense- whitish hairscales towards extremity ; cilia white, tinged with 

 grey round apex or in Q sometimes wholly grey. 



Java, Preangor, 5000 feet (Sythoff), Tjinjiroean (bred in December), 

 three specimens; also one in my collection from Assam, Khasis. 



Argyroploce xanthogastra n. sp. 



C? Q 20 — 21 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax pale brownish, more or 

 less barred transversely with dark fuscous. Abdomen in <ƒ ochreous- 

 yellow, base brownish, a white praeanal spot on dorsum and large expan- 

 sible lateral tufts of scales towards apex, in 9 dark grey. Posterior tibiae 

 in cf densely tufted above with long whitish-ochreous hairscales. Fore- 

 wings moderate, somewhat broader in <ƒ, posteriorly rather dilated, costa 

 gently arched, apex obtuse, termen almost straight, nearly vertical; pur- 

 plish-fuscous or brown, with indistinct darker strigulation, in 9 tips of 

 scales whitish-ochreous ; costa dark fuscous or ferruginous, with eight pairs 

 of whitish strigulae between ! / 3 and apex; markings formed by irregular 

 dark fuscous striation and strigulation ; basal patch occupying ] / 3 of wing, 

 edge irregular, rounded-oblique ; central fascia moderate, little oblique, 

 anterior edge angularly prominent in middle, posterior edge with strong 

 projecting lobes above and below middle, in çf a spot of ochreous- white 

 suffusion between these; curved greyish-violet striae from costal strigulae 

 crossing posterior portion of wing; an irregular brownish fasciate streak 

 mottled with blackish from near costa towards apex to termen above 

 tornus, its middle narrowly connected with top of ocellus, which is limited 

 laterally by thick greyish-violet marks and crossed by three blackish 

 dashes; a small blackish spot at apex; some minute white specks on 

 terminal edge : cilia pale brownish barred with blackish. Hindwings dark 

 grey ; in çT an elongate black mark beneath cell towards base and origin 

 of vein 2 ; cilia grey, with dark grey subbasal line, in 9 suffused with 

 whitish-ochreous round apex and upper part of termen. 



Java, Sindanglaya, Tjinjiroean, Preangor (Sythoff); three specimens. 



Argyroploce scansilis n. sp. 



9 18 mm. Head ochreous- white. Palpi fuscous, apex of joints white. 

 Thorax ochreous-white, with black spot on shoulders, posterior crest 

 blackish except apex. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse-pointed, termen slightly sinuate, somewhat oblique; ochreous-white; 

 markings blackish; a narrow curved fascia near base, extending on costa 

 and dorsum to base ; an oblique transverse blotch from costa at '/ 4 ; a 



