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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTEEA. 
rounded, termen slightly rounded, nearly vertical; dark brown, 
becoming blackish-brown towards costa on posterior half; four 
minute white striguke on costa about irregular blue leaden 
marbling and strigulation partially edged whitish-ochreous occupy¬ 
ing basal and dorsal areas of wing : ocellus whitish-ochreous with 
three black dashes, preceded by blue-leaden and followed by 
ochreous-yellowish marked blue-leaden and dark fuscous; three or 
four white marginal dots round apex: cilia ochreous-yellow, irregu¬ 
larly and variably barred fuscous. Bindwings dark fuscous ; cilia 
grey, towards apex sometimes tinged yellowish, a dark grey sub- 
basal line. 
Bismaeck Is., blew Ireland and St. Matthias I., July, November 
(A. F. Eichhorn ) ; 3 ex. Belated to the aprobola group. 
Argyroploce haemostacta, n. sp. 
3 . 13 mm. Bead, palpi, thorax purple-grey. Posterior tibiae 
clothed long grey-whitish hairscales above. Porewings elongate- 
triangular, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, little 
oblique; dark fuscous ; basal fourth marbled violet-leaden (on 
costa at base only), beyond this a somewhat curved narrow violet- 
leaden fascia touched white on costal extremity, dilated into a 
blotch on dorsum before middle; a somewhat curved-angulated 
irregular violet-leaden • streak from two minute whitish marks on 
costa at | to dorsum before tornus, dorsal half between this and 
preceding mixed violet-leaden and light crimson ; terminal area 
beyond this mottled crimson except towards costa anteriorly, an irre¬ 
gular violet-leaden spot on tornus : cilia fuscous, basal half barred 
light crimson. Bindwings grey, somewhat darker posteriorly; tornus 
whitish, forming a slight fold or pocket above, containing some 
whitish and black hairs ; cilia grey-whitish, a grey basal shade, 
above apex wholly dark grey. 
Formosa, March (S. Issiki) ; 1 ex. Probably allied to ebenina. 
Argyroploce miiichopis, n. sp. 
$ . 10 mm. Head brownish, lower part of face brassy-whitish. 
Palpi yellow-whitish, basal half light grey. Thorax lilac-grey, 
anterior third rather dark fuscous. Fore wings rather elongate- 
triangular, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, 
little oblique ; basal patch occupying 1 of wing, violet-leaden, 
limited by a slender slightly curved irregular blackish fascia, and 
including two short blackish streaks from dorsum ; between this 
and central fascia a moderate violet-leaden .fascia, enclosing an 
imperfect dark fuscous stria, and forming two pairs of short 
whitish strigulse on costa, separated dark fuscous ; central fascia 
moderate, of nearl} T even width, oblique, costal third blackish, 
remainder dark fuscous marbled orange-fulvous; a thick blue- 
leaden streak from tornus lying along central fascia to above 
middle ; remainder of apical and terminal area orange-fulvous, on 
costa with five small white oblique wedgeshaped marks, costa 
