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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
suffused indigo-bluish. Thorax brown, crest dark chestnut-brown. 
Forewings elongate, somewhat dilated, costa slightly arched, apex 
obtuse, termen faintly sinuate or almost straight, vertical, rounded 
beneath; dark chestnut-brown, lighter brownish towards costa on 
anterior half ; costa basal third obliquely strigulated dark fuscous, 
remainder dark fuscous obliquely strigulated white to 1, then 
with one short direct white strigula towards apex ; dorsal half 
purplish-leaden-gre}", on basal half above irregularly edged grey- 
whitish, beyond middle a broad triangular whitish-edged indenta¬ 
tion of ground-colour reaching to near dorsum, this area posteriorly 
extending | across wing and containing a rather oblique irregular 
grey fasciate streak marked three blackish obscurely whitish-edged 
marks representing ocellus ; a dark fuscous whitish-edged elongate 
spot along base of dorsum, and a similar erect-triangular spot 
beyond it; a small triangular white spot below apex : cilia brown, 
a dark fuscous basal line on termen, on costa wholly dark fuscous. 
Hindwings grey, posteriorly suffused dark fuscous ; cilia grey- 
whitish, a dark grey subbasal shade, apical area slightly brownish- 
tinged, above apex dark grey,. 
Formosa, Kyuhabon, October (8. IssiJci ); 1 ex. Belated to 
herbosa. 
Argyroploce mniopyrrha, n. sp. 
5 . 12 mm. Head, palpi, thorax moss-green. Forewings rather 
elongate, rather dilated, costa gently arched, termen faintly sinuate, 
vertical; moss-green ; costa on basal fourth with small black 
strigulae, on remainder with white single strigulae separated by 
black spaces ; ocellus margined laterally with faint leaden-metallic 
streaks, and enclosing several small strigulse of blackish irroration; 
upper half of termen suffused fulvous, with a small white mark 
just beneath apex : cilia light fulvous, a dark fuscous subbasal line. 
Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey, a darker subbasal line. 
Java, Buitenzorg (Hr. W. Roepke) ; 1 ex (Brit. Mus.). Next 
pyrrhocrossa . 
Argyroploce onychosema, n. sp. 
<3 . 12-13 mm. Head, thorax dark purplish-fuscous, face white, 
second joint with blackish spot or mark, terminal joint dark 
purplish-fuscous except tip. Forewings moderate, slightly dilated, 
costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen hardly sinuate, vertical; 
blue-leaden-grey; more or less suffused white, especially on costal 
half; basal patch irregularly strewn dark fuscous strigulae and 
marks, median angle of edge marked by a spot ; posterior half of 
costa slenderly black, with four fine oblique whitish strigulae, and 
one before apex inwards-oblique, an irregular blackish spot below 
middle of costa indicating end of central fascia ; a blackish-grey 
rather curved oblique fascia rising from dorsum somewhat beyond 
middle and directed to apex of wing but not reaching it ; ocellus 
pale, containing 3 or 4 fine black dashes, and terminated beneath 
by a blackish-grey tornal spot: cilia suffused ochreous-yellowish, a 
