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mark of each pair becoming shorter; first pair continued by a parallel pair 
of moderate oblique leaden-grey lines ; second and third pairs each with a 
more oblique leaden -metallic line which lines coalesce below costa so as 
to form one metallic oblique line; this line merging below costa into a 
leaden-metallic vertical streak running from posterior pair of white costal 
marks to above tornus, gradually thickened downward, edging ocellus 
posteriorly ; anterior edge of ocellus formed by a vertical leaden-metallic 
streak somewhat thickened in middle and running from below middle of 
disc to above dorsum before tornus; an elongatc-scmiovate snow-white 
patch occupying more than middle third of dorsum, almost reaching to 
middle of disc; anterior edge of this patch well-defined; its upper edge 
slightly suffused, subconcave, with a small round dark brown patch of 
raised scales in middle which penetrates into white patch; posterior edge 
of patch somewhat more suffused, deeply indent on dorsum ; dorsum before 
patch with a short longitudinal dark brown streak, beyond patch obscured 
with fine transverse dark brown strigulation connecting patch with ocellus; 
ground colour slightly darker around patch and forming a hardly per- 
ceptible brown suffusion which connects patch with middle of costa and is 
narrowed above; two small triangular dark brown marginal marks: in 
tornus and on termen above tornus. Cilia dark brown, tips of scales 
narrowly pale ochreous, basal half orange-fulvous with a narrow ochreous- 
whitish basal line, an ochreous-fulvous bar below apex. Hind wing greyish- 
bronze-fuscous ; cilia greyish-fuscous, with a dark fuscous subbasal shade. 
Limen very broad, with punctulate sruface. Ostium, a sclerotized, 
shallow plate. Ductus bursae short, almost entirely occupied by a plicate 
cestum. Bursa copulatrix ovoid. Signum small, dentiform (Slide No. 
788 D, type). 
Iebele Camp, 2250 m, November 17, 1938. One specimen. 
Argyroploce Hubner, 1826 
Argyroploce Hubner, 1826, Verz. bek. Schmett., p. 379. 
Olethreutes Hubner, 1806, Tontamen, p. 2 ( non descript.) 
Olethreutes Walsingham, 1900, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, vol. 6, pp. 127-130. 
Ivey to the Papuan species of Argyroploce sensu Meyrick ] ) 
1. Hind wing blackish with an orange transverse band 2 
Hind wing fuscous, grey or blackish, without orange band 3 
2. Olive, markings crimson miltographa subsp. miltoxantha Meyrick 
Tawny-orange, markings leaden-purplish eximiana Walker 
3. Hind wing with black markings ^ 
Hind wing without black markings ® 
q Argyroploce drymoptila (Lower, 1920) is not included as its appearance in 
the Bismarck Islands seems dubious to us. 
