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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
costa moderately arched, termen straight, little oblique, rounded 
beneath; light blue-greeu, partially suffused rather deeper yellowish- 
green ; anterior half of costa dotted black ; some black strigulation 
on dorsum before middle, and some irregular black scales posteriorly ; 
a patch of grey-whitish suffusion preceding central fascia on costal 
half ; central fascia on upper half moderately broad,, rather oblique, 
black, rather prominent in disc posteriorly, on lower half narrow, 
deeper green, irregularly curved, running to dorsum before tornus, 
its posterior edge in disc blackish and slightly Avhitish-edged; three 
small semioval black spots on costa posteriorly and one at apex, 
some white scales or minute strigulae between these ; a rounded- 
triangular deep grey-green blotch with lower angle touching termen 
in middle, anterior side suffused black and finely edged white : cilia 
green, obscurely barred grey, extreme tips white. Hindwings grey, 
darker posteriorly; dorsum J clothed dense hairs; cilia grey, tips 
pale. 
Java, Tjiboeloe, bred October, November from larvae rolling leaves 
of Cinnamomum camphora ( Verbtek ); 4 ex. Several specimens of an 
allied species, A. lierbifera Mejw., were also bred at the same time 
from larvae feeding in the same way; in this the thorax has no 
black spots, the prafferminal blotch of forewings is preceded by a 
conspicuous white mark, the groundcolour is purplish and the 
markings mostly deep green, with other differences. 
Argyroploce purpurissitana Kenn. 
Bred January from larvae in spun leaves of Litsea glutinosa 
( Lauracece ), at Peradeniya, Ceylon (J. C. hutson). 
Laspeyresia staphiditis, n. sp. 
<d $ . 11-12 mm. Head, thorax fuscous speckled dark fuscous, 
face whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, variably banded 
dark grey suffusion, especially towards apex, internally whitish. 
Forewings moderate, rather dilated, costa gently arched, termen 
slightly sinuate, rather oblique; dark slaty-grey; costa with irregu 
larly paired small fine whitish strigulse ; basal patch somewhat 
darker-mixed, occupying nearly J- of wing, limited by a suffused 
blackish streak, angulated in middle ; an obscure patch on dorsum 
beyond this formed of four rather oblique strigae of indistinct whitish 
irroration; central fascia rather oblique, formed of undefined dark 
purplish-grey suffusion, becoming slender and blackish on costal 
area; three blackish spots on costa posteriorly uniting in a 
triangular blotch from which a series of five or six black dots runs 
towards tornus, some slight whitish speckling on each side of these ; 
a white dot on costa before apex, whence an irregular prsemarginal 
whitish-ochreous line runs to tornus, touching termen with a fine 
point in subapical sinuation -and angular above tornus : cilia grey, 
median and apical rows of whitish points. Hindwings grey, 
becoming dark fuscous posteriorly; cilia grey-whitish, becoming 
grey round apex, a blackish basal line. 
