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edged with blackish midway between this and upper part of termen, and a 
similar triangular praetornal spot; several small deep ferruginous spots on 
posterior part of costa and upper part of termen, and some leaden-blue marks 
preceding these ; cilia whitish, round apex and upper half of termen with brown 
subbasal shade and interrupted dark indigo-grey apical shade, beneath tornus 
grey. Hindwings dark fuscous; cilia grey, with darker subbasal shade, base 
whitish. 
Portuguese East Africa, Lorenzo Marques (Moreira). Allied to iorrhoa 
and leucoireta. Type in Coll. Janse. 
Argyroploce mochlaspis n.sp. 
$ 17 mm. Head indigo-blackish. Palpi subascending, blackish, towards 
base whitish, second joint with light brownish median band. Thorax light 
brown somewhat mixed with whitish, a black bar near anterior margin, crest 
reddish-brown. Abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings moderate, posteriorly 
dilated, costa gently arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen slightly rounded, 
hardly oblique; brown clouded with greyish- violet ; costa spotted with dark 
fuscous, and with short white strigulae ; an irregular dark indigo-fuscous streak 
markfed with blackish extending from base of costa along dorsum to edge 
of basal patch indicated with fuscous about f but hardly defined, slightly 
curved; central fascia represented by a transverse oblique blackish-fuscous, 
spot from costa beyond middle ; an irregular spot finely outlined with blackish 
towards dorsum before tornus; a blue-leaden very oblique striga from costa 
beyond central fascia to near termen beneath apex, subcostal space above 
this more ochreous-tinged ; from beneath this an irregular sinuate grey streak 
descends ' into ocellus, upper portion crossed by three or four black marks, 
intraocellar portion crossed by three narrow longitudinal bars of whitish 
irroration edged with blackish, lateral margins of ocellus indicated by pale 
greyish- violet streaks : cilia brownish, towards base whitish with dark bluish- 
grey subbasal line. Hindwings dark fuscous; cilia whitish-grey, with dark 
grey subbasal shade. 
Rhodesia, Salisbury, in December (Janse); one specimen. Intermediate 
in affinity between aprohola and confertana. 
Argyroploce anaclina n.sp. 
$ 17-18 mm. Head and thorax pale brownish-ochreous. Palpi whitish- 
ochreous, second joint with two blackish dots. Abdomen grey. Forewings 
elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen faintly sinuate, 
hardly oblique; pale greyish-ochreous ; costa with small oblique dark fuscous 
marks and strigulae; a broad dark brown median band, extending on costa from 
before middle to f , but gradually widened downwards and extending on dorsum 
from J nearly to tornus, enclosing on dorsum an irregular dark fuscous blotch 
with a wide leaden margin, from posterior side of which a very irregular leaden 
streak extends upwards, terminating on costa in two pairs of pale oblique 
strigulae, posterior edge of band with a few blackish scales, preceded on lower 
I by a streak of grey-whitish speckling dilated downwards ; from above middle 
of this band a narrow brown streak runs to below middle of termen; a small 
inwards-oblique dark brown apical spot; cilia whitish tinged with brownish, 
with dark brown basal line except towards tornus. Hindwings dark fuscous; 
in a rolled thickened dorsal lobe slightly projecting; cilia pale grey, with 
dark fuscous subbasal shade. 
Rhodesia, Umtali, in January (Janse), one S) French Congo, Ubangi, 
two $$ in my collection. 
