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crossed by irregularly confluent bluish-leaden striae somewhat mixed with 
whitish, and rising from pairs of whitish strigulae on costa ; outer edge 
of basal patch indistinctly indicated, angulated in middle ; central fascia 
dark fuscous, very broad above middle, thence strongly narrowed on costa, 
and attenuated downwards to a point on dorsum beyond middle, anterior 
edge nearly straight, posterior strongly convex ; ocellus oblique, parallel 
to termen, rather dark fuscous crossed by three thick black bars, edged 
anteriorly with white and posteriorly with blue-leaden followed by ferru- 
ginous on termen, its upper margin marked with leaden, above which are 
two other black bars : cilia leaden mixed with dark fuscous and sprinkled 
with whitish. Hindwings with 3 and 4 connate ; rather dark fuscous ; 
cilia grey with dark fusco.us subbasal line. 
Waterval Onder (Janse) ; in November, two specimens. 
Argyroploce sagata , n. sp. 
A $. 10-12 mm. Head whitish, in $ hardly, in $ more strongly 
suffused with light red-brownish and mixed with grey. Thorax reddish- 
brown mixed with blackish and sprinkled with white, in largely suffused 
with white. Abdomen grey, anal tuft in $ whitish. Forewings elongate, 
posteriorly dilated, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen straight, 
somewhat oblique ; brown, in $ tinged with reddish, mixed and trans- 
versely streaked with bluish-leaden-metallic, with some scattered blackish 
scales ; costa with pairs of white strigulae ; basal patch mixed with white 
on costal half, outer edge angulated below middle, marked with blackish 
and edged with a white stria ; central fascia represented by a costal patch 
of blackish suffusion edged posteriorly in disc with whitish, on dorsal half 
only by some scattered black strigulae ; an irregular whitish subterminal 
stria, and some whitish strigulae on termen ; some blackish strigulation 
towards apex : cilia brownish mixed with grey and sprinkled with whitish, 
towards base spotted with blackish, round apex suffused with dark fuscous. 
Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked ; rather dark grey, thinly scaled in disc ; 
cilia whitish-grey, with grey subbasal shade. Hindwings on undersurface 
in £ sprinkled with black specks on dorsal area. 
Three Sisters (Janse) ; in March, two specimens. 
Argyroploce prodroma , n. sp. 
A ?. 11-13 mm. Head and thorax dark bluish-fuscous, patagia and 
crest slightly sprinkled with whitish. Palpi porrected, pale ochreous 
spotted with dark fuscous suffusion or wholly dark fuscous. Antennae in 
A simple. Abdomen fuscous, anal tuft pale greyish. Forewings moderate, 
posteriorly somewhat dilated, costa gently arched, apex rounded-obtuse, 
termen hardly rounded, rather oblique ; olive-ochreous or pale yellow- 
ochreous, sometimes partially sprinkled or almost wholly suffused with 
dark fuscous ; basal patch blackish mixed with dark bluish-leaden, metallic, 
edge obtusely angulated above middle, but the blackish suffusion tending 
to unite with blackish costal extremity of central fascia, so as to form a 
conical projection extending along costa to f ; two pale silvery-iridescent 
striae beyond basal patch, mostly bluish-leaden-metallic on upper portion ; 
central fascia moderate, very undefined, somewhat oblique, variably 
marked or mixed with ferruginous or dark fuscous, costal extremity 
