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Argyropioce cyanophaea, n. sp. 
d 2 • 16-18 mm. Head, palpi, thorax slaty-grey. Posterior 
tibiae <5 densely tufted with grey hairs on posterior half beneath. 
Fore wings apex rounded, termen abruptly sinuate-indented in 
middle, veins 3-5 converging posteriorly to indentation ; rather 
dark grey; costa darker, with pairs of very obscure short whitish 
strigulae, on posterior f with three long oblique dark blue strigse 
rising from these and two short marks alternating with them ; 
dorsal area suffused glossy bluish-grey, ocellus represented by some 
bluish-grey suffusion with a small black dot resting on it before 
terminal' indentation; sometimes some slight brownish-ochreous 
tinge towards termen: cilia greyish with dark brown-grey ante- 
median line, tips tinged whitish. Hindvvings very dark grey ; cilia 
light grey, a darker basal line. 
Tanganyika Territory, bred from fruit of AllanblacJcia, February 
( Ritchie ); 6 ex. Type Brit. Mus. 
Argyropioce codonectis, n. sp. 
6 2 • 13-14 mm. Head whitish-grey, crown variably suffused 
dark grey. Palpi whitish-grey mixed darker, second joint with 
2 or 3 dark fuscous bars. Thorax whitish-grey irregularly mixed 
or marked grey and fuscous. Forewings somewhat dilated, termen 
rounded, somewhat oblique; irregularly mixed grey, whitish, and 
fuscous; basal patch irregularly marked blackish, edge rather 
angulated in middle and sinuate beneath this; central fascia repre¬ 
sented by a dark brown black-edged spot on middle of costa, and 
irregular blotch in disc obliquely beyond this, surrounded with 
more or less brownish suffusion; four smaller similar spots on costa 
posteriorly" separated by^ pairs of whitish strigulae, some chestnut- 
brown marking beneath these; a subterminal fascia composed of a 
greyish transverse-oval blotch on upper part and rather 8-shaped 
blotch on lower, finely blackish-edged, connected by a fine blackish 
line and crossed by 2 or 3 fine blackish dashes; a fine irregular 
dark stria beyond this; a small greyish spot on middle of termen 
marked blackish at each end : cilia greyish with obscure darker 
bars, lighter towards tornus. Hindwings grey ; in <y with dorsal 
edge thickened and rolled on basal half, a subdorsal fold containing 
some long hairs ; cilia grey-whitish, greyer towards base. Posterior 
tibiae and basal joint of tarsi in 8 tufted above with long dense 
hairscales. 
Malay States, Kuala Lumpur, bred July to September from 
larvae feeding on shoots and leaves of Eugenia malaccensis and 
E. aquea ( Myrtacece ) ( Corbett , Gater ) ; 14 ex. (type Brit. Mus.). 
Also an example from Coorg, Dibidi, November ( Newcome ). 
Argyropioce torquata, n. sp. 
$ 2 • 12-15 mm. Head light pinkish-brown, face and palpi 
light ochreous. Thorax light oclireous, variably spotted brownish 
suffusion. Forewings termen rounded, rather oblique; light 
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