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on costa, with some white suffusion beneath it ; central fascia formed by 
absence of white irroration, dark fuscous on costa, suffused with brownish- 
ochreous in disc, moderately broad, little oblique, below middle with sub- 
triangular projection posteriorly, thence rather strongly narrowed to dorsum, 
edged anteriorly on lower half with white suffusion ; three small spots of dark 
fuscous irroration on costa posteriorly, and a transverse spot almost at apex; 
a small brownish-ochreous spot towards costa at | ; a transverse fuscous blotch 
before termen on lower f , nearly parallel-sided, rounded at ends; a termincri 
series of dark fuscous dots: cilia fuscous very closely irrorated with white. 
Hindwings rather dark grey; cilia pale grey, with darker subbasal shade. 
Natal, Durban, in June (Janse); one specimen. 
Argyroploce micrograpta n.sp. 
13 mm. Head grey speckled with white, face and sides of crown white, 
a black dot on each side beneath forehead. Palpi with second joint pale 
ochreous between two dark fuscous longitudinal streaks, terminal joint and 
upper scales of second whitish. Thorax grey-whitish, dorsally suffused with 
grey. Abdomen light greyish. Forewings elongate- triangular, costa slightly 
arched, faintly sinuate in middle, slightly bent at f, apex obtuse, termen 
almost straight, little oblique; white, with base of scales grey, forming a very 
fine transverse striation, with some irregular scattered dark fuscous transverse 
strigulation ; about eight or nine small oblique-oval blackish marks on costa, 
larger posteriorly, and two or three dots; a slender angulated subterminal 
shade of dark fuscous strigulation : cilia brown-reddish, at apex dark fuscous, 
towards tornus whitish-suffused. Hindwings grey; cilia whitish-grey, with 
darker subbasal line. 
Portuguese East Africa, Magude, in October (Swierstra) ; one specimen. 
Argyroploce affluens n.sp. 
$ 18 mm. Head light brownish-ochreous, upper part of face dark reddish- 
fuscous. Palpi pale ochreous, terminal joint and apex of second suffused with 
dark reddish-fuscous. Thorax light brownish-ochreous, anterior edge rosy- 
tinged, two or three faint greenish transverse lines. Abdomen orange-yellowish, 
suffused with brown-reddish towards apex. Forewings elongate, posteriorly 
dilated, costa gently arched, slightly sinuate towards middle, slightly bent at 
|, apex obtuse, termen straight, hardly oblique, rounded beneath; light 
brownish-ochreous, irregularly marbled with whitish iridescence; about ten 
oblique-semioval small dark reddish-fuscous marks on costa, posteriorly be- 
coming rather larger and edged with olive-green beneath; an oblique-trans- 
verse olive-greenish blotch from middle of costa; two suffused olive-greenish 
transverse-oval blotches crossing fold before middle, and one beyond middle; 
a blackish discal dot on end of cell; an upwards-oblique olive-greenish streak 
from middle of termen, not reaching costa; some small suffused dark fuscous 
dots along dorsum: cilia pale brownish-ochreous. Hindwings orange, lighter 
towards base; apical edge and upper part of termen slenderly mottled with 
reddish-fuscous ; cilia yellow-whitish, base yellow, round apex and upper part 
of termen tinged with grey-pinkish, with reddish-fuscous subbasal line. 
Portuguese East Africa, Magude, in November (Swierstra) ; one speci- 
men. Closely related to wahlhergiana, but immediately distinguished by 
orange hindwings; probably the male would show special sexual character- 
istics. 
