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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
oblique ; brown, somewhat marbled lighter and darker; five or six 
small dark brown oblique spots along costa, beneath them a patch 
of dark purplish marbling extending from base to f and reaching 
to fold, terminal third irregularly tinged whitish except near costa; 
ocellus edged laterally indistinct silvery streaks; an oblique grey 
stria across apex, edged whitish beneath ; apical edge whitish : 
cilia whitish, round apex and costa fuscous and dark fuscous. 
Hindwings grey ; cilia grey-whitish, a grey subbasal line. 
Uganda, Makindye, September ( H . Hargreaves ); 1 ex, (Brit. 
Mus.). 
Acharneodes acrolophoides, n. sp. 
6 $ . 24-28 mm. Head, palpi, thorax dark fuscous. Fore- 
wings rather elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, termen 
rounded, somewhat oblique; dark greyish-brown, sometimes 
coppery-tinged, a few small scattered darker strigulse ; about eight 
small blackish spots on anterior half of costa, and five larger on 
posterior half; sometimes a blackish spot on dorsum near base ; a 
variable small or large trapezoidal blackish blotch beneath middle 
of disc, upper side longest and suffused ; a transverse whitish mark 
on end of cell, edged blackish suffusion ; sometimes a subterminal 
series of small suffused dark fuscous spots : cilia fuscous. Hind- 
wings dark grey, lighter anteriorly ; cilia grey. 
Brazil, Sta. Catharina, Jaragua (F . Hoffmann); 8 ex. (type 
Vienna Mus.). The blackish submedian blotch and general colour¬ 
ing give this species a remarkably close resemblance to an Acro- 
loplius , but it is improbable that the species of AcroJophus are 
protected otherwise than by their usually dark and earthy 
appearance ; it is a curious case of unexplained mimicry. 
Argyroploce petromacha, n. sp. 
2 .13-15 mm. Head ochreous-whitish. Palpi ochreous-whitish, 
second joint with two or three dark fuscous marks. Thorax 
brownish-grey, somewhat spotted dark fuscous. Forewings elon¬ 
gate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, termen nearly straight, 
somewhat oblique ; whitish or ochreous-whitish, irregularly mixed 
and spotted bluish-leaden-grey ; some blackish strigulse on costa ; 
basal patch represented by irregular blackish marking, especially 
on dorsal half ; a dark fuscous or blackish blotch occupying middle 
of costa and reaching nearly half across wing ; beneath this some 
irregular markings, and two suffused dark fuscous very oblique 
streaks run to tornus : four small dark fuscous spots on costa 
posteriorly, last apical ; an upwards-obliquo fuscous and blackish 
fasciate spot from middle of dorsum, some irregular fuscous or grey 
spotting before and above this : cilia greyish, an imperfect blackish 
subbasal line. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia light grey, a dark 
grey subbasal line. 
Sierra Leone, Njala, October ( E . Hargreaves) ; 2 ex. (type Brit. 
Mus.). The markings of forewings are very irregular, variable, and 
confused ; probably allied to apicipunctana Wals. 
