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small spot on middle of costa preceded and followed by dots, with some 

 scattered scales preceding it in disc; a very irregular fascia from 2 / 3 of 

 costa to 2 / 5 of dorsum, including a small white spot on costa, anterior 

 edge rather angular-prominent above middle and with strong triangular 

 prominence above dorsum, posterior edge with broad triangular projection 

 above middle and projecting lobe below middle; a triangular praetornal 

 spot; a dot on costa towards apex; a triangular blotch extending along 

 upper 2 / 3 of termen, with some scattered scales beneath it: cilia grey, 

 with ochreous-white tornal patch. Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked; light 

 grey; cilia pale grey. 



Java, Preangor, 5000 feet (Sythoff ) ; one specimen. 



Argyroploce anisoptera n. sp. 



cT 14 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax light violet-fuscous irrorated with 

 whitish, thorax with indistinct transverse bars of darker irroration, and 

 some ferruginous suffusion on patagia. Abdomen dark grey. Posterior 

 tibiae densely tufted above and beneath with long white hairscales. Fore- 

 wings subtriangular, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, 

 rather oblique ; fuscous suffused with violet-leaden and irrorated with 

 whitish, with scattered strigulae of dark fuscous irroration; a dark fus- 

 cous spot on costa at [ / 4 , costa from this to apex dark fuscous with seven 

 pairs of whitish strigulae; central fascia moderate, dark brown, hardly 

 oblique, posteriorly with strong projecting dark fuscous lobes above and 

 below middle, the lower one edged above with whitish ; interior of ocellus 

 formed by a rosy-brownish streak edged with blackish ; an irregular rosy- 

 brownish streak edged and barred with blackish from beneath costa at 

 4 / 5 to middle of termen ; a small brownish-crimson spot at apex, and 

 some slight marking on termen: cilia greyish, on upper part of termen 

 suffused with rosy-grey and barred with dark grey, tips whitish. Hind- 

 wings narrower than forewings, with costal half rather wide but dorsal 

 half considerably reduced, veins 2 — 5 nearly approximated, dorsal edge 

 thickened and clothed with hairs ; grey, darker towards apex ; cilia white, 

 with greyish subbasal line, a greyish patch above apex. 



Java, Buitenzorg, in January; one specimen. 



Argyroploce catharostoma n. sp. 



cT 18 mm. Head rather dark fuscous. Palpi ascending, dark fuscous, 

 second joint auteriorly except towards base, and short terminal joint 

 snow-white. Thorax dark fuscous, patagia partially white towards apex. 

 Abdomen grey, anal tuft whitish towards base above. Posterior tibiae 

 grey-whitish, with long slender hairpencil above from near base. Fore- 



