EUCOSMID,®, 
445 
above tornus : cilia brownish. Hindwings grey ; cilia grey-whitish, 
a grey subbasal shade. 
Uganda, Kampala, bred August, “ raintree borer” ( Hargreaves ); 
1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
Argyroploce criopis, n. sp. 
$. 16 mm. Head and palpi blackish, back of crown whitish. 
Antennse pale ochreous. Thorax white, crest blackish. Forewings 
termen straight, rather oblique; ochreous-white, irregularly 
sprinkled pale yellow-oehreous in disc; several small black spots 
and dots along costa, and one at apex, two of these about middle 
enclosed'in a blotch of dark grey suffusion; a triangular blackish 
blotch on dorsum towards base reaching half across wing, its 
posterior angle projecting on dorsum; a smaller dark grey blotch 
mixed blackish on dorsum towards tornus; a slight transverse 
striga of grey speckling before middle of termen : cilia white, a 
grey spot at apex. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia grey. 
Transvaal, November ; 1 ex. (Coll. Janse). 
Argyroploce bryoscopa, n. sp, 
S 2 • 27-29 mm. Head pale grey-greenish. Palpi whitish, 
second joint with grey-greenish band, terminal joint grey. Thorax 
whitish mixed grey-greenish and blackish. Posterior tibiae J 
short, swollen, densely tufted with long erect ochreous-whitish 
hairscales above and beneath. Forewings moderate, costa gently 
arched, termen slightly rounded, hardly oblique; pale dull greenish, 
with obscure darker striae ; markings very ill-defined, formed by 
irregular blackish mottling ; basal patch occupying about ^ of wing, 
edge irregularly projecting above middle and sinuate below middle; 
central fascia moderate, dilated downwards, connected irregularly 
with basal patch in disc, towards dorsum nearly obsolete except on 
an erect praetornal spot, a white discal dot in its posterior edge; 
an oblique fasciate blotch from lower part of termen reaching to 
near costa ; costal edge whitish, 3 or 4 small spots on costa poste¬ 
riorly : cilia light dull greenish, 2 or 3 blackish bars on upper part 
of termen. Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia grey, a darker basal 
shade. 
Cameroons, Bitje, Ja River, 2000 feet, October ( Bates ); 2 ex. 
Argyroploce glyceranthes, n. sp. 
2 . 14 mm. Head blue-grey. Palpi orange, second joint with 
two black marks on side and dark blue-grey above at apex, terminal 
joint blackish, apex white. Thorax dark ashy-grey. Forewings 
moderately broad, oblong, costa anteriorly rather strongly arched, 
then faintly sinuate, apex nearly rectangular, termen rounded- 
prominent on lower §; dark ashy-grey; extreme costal edge 
chestnut-brown irregularly marked blackish ; a slight black mark 
near base in middle ; a spot of dark suffusion on dorsum before 
middle; a rather broad dark leaden-grey fascia from tornus 
reaching £ across wing, and a terminal dark grey streak minutely 
