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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
margin, 3 and 4 stalked, $ normal, 3 and 4 connate ; dark grey; 
cilia grey, 3 on apex and upper § of termen extremely short, 
2 normal. 
Bismarck Is., New Hannover, March (A. S. New Ireland, 
November ( A . F. Eichhorn) ; 3 ex. Allied to aprobola. 
Argyroploce cassiterastra, n. sp. 
<S . 15 mm. Head light greyish-fulvous. Palpi grey irrorated 
light ochreous. Thorax grey irrorated ochreous and spotted leaden- 
metallic irroration. Pore wings moderate, posteriorly dilated, costa 
gently arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, slightly 
oblique ; dark brown, strewn with small round leaden-metallic 
spots on dorsal half, and also towards costa anteriorly, two near ^ 
touching pairs of minute white costal strigulae ; a rather larger 
spot in disc beyond middle ; two pairs of minute white costal 
strigulae beyond middle, from which a curved-angulated fascia of 
leaden-metallic marbling runs to tornus ; a praemarginal series of 
small leaden-metallic marks round apex and termen, and minute 
dots on termen : cilia dark bluish-grey. Hindwings grey, becom¬ 
ing dark grey posteriorly; cilia whitish, a grey subbasal line; a 
small projecting grey tuft in dorsal cilia above tornus. Posterior 
tibiae grey, on inner side with large expansible tuft of pale ochreous 
hairs. 
Uganda, Kampala, bred October from flowers of a bean (H. Har¬ 
greaves) ; 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). Perhaps allied to sistrata , which has 
similar spots. 
Argyroploce conchifera, n. sp. 
c 3 . 17 mm. Head whitish-ochreous spotted dark fuscous. Palpi 
ascending, with appressed scales, whitish-ochreous, second joint 
with blackish lateral streak, terminal joint very short, blackish 
except tip. Thorax pale brownish-ochreous, irregularly mixed and 
marked dark fuscous. Porewings moderately broad, posteriorly 
dilated, costa gently arched, slightly bent at §, apex obtuse, termen 
straight, vertical ; ochreous-whitish, irregularly sprinkled and 
strigulated dark brown ; costa slenderly blackish, forming small 
spots between pairs of whitish strigulae ; basal patch indicated by a 
blackish-brown costal spot at 4, and some irregular markings in 
disc ; central fascia represented by a triangular blackish-brown 
spot on middle of costa, some irregular brown marking round a pale 
C-shaped spot in disc, and an irregular-triangular dark brown 
praetornal blotch ; an irregular whitish line' running from beneath 
costa at | to tornus, followed by brown suffusion with an irregular 
series of short black dashes, two whitish spots in disc between 
these; fine irregular blue-leaden striae from last three pairs of 
costal strigulae confluent to termen above middle, terminal edge 
marked dark brown and white on upper half: cilia brownish, on 
termen barred dark grey and with dark brown basal line, on tornal 
area suffused whitish. Hindwings dark grey, lighter anteriorly ; 
