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partially expressed blackish-grey subbasal line. Hindwings dark 
grey ; cilia grey, a dark grey subbasal line. 
Bismarck Is., New Hannover, April (A . S. Meek) ; 2 ex. Allied 
to confertanci. 
Argyroploce limenosema, n. sp. 
S . 17 mra. Head, thorax light lilac-brownish, crown iridescent, 
an interrupted blackish frontal bar. Palpi broadl} T expanded with 
scales, whitish-ochreous, apical half blue-grey, a black dot on 
basal joint, two small blackish spots on second, and one on terminal 
joint. Borewings rather elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently 
arched, apex obtuse-pointed,' termen slightly sinuate, vertical; 
light leaden-grey ; basal area to of costa and middle of dorsum 
strigulated brown ; a moderate rather strongly oblique brown fascia 
mixed dark brown from middle of costa reaching more than half 
across wing, anterior edge nearly straight, posterior irregular; 
costal edge beyond this blackish with five pairs of short white 
strigulae, emitting oblique blue-leaden strigae, first and third becom¬ 
ing thickened light leaden-grey streaks limiting ocellus, subcostal 
area round these light brownish ; several small blackish marks in 
disc on anterior of these, and a series on its posterior edge ; a white 
mark along upper part of termen, preceded by a somewhat oblique 
black-brown spot from apex, median part of termen brownish, a 
fine blackish white-edged dash beneath this, tornal edge partly 
white : cilia pale greyish, blackish-grey suffused marks about middle 
and above tornus. Hindwings dark grey, rather thinly scaled in 
disc anteriorly; cilia pale grey, a dark grey subbasal line. 
>. Bismarck Is., New Britain, Talesea, February (A. F. Eichhorn ); 
1 ex. Also related to confertana. 
Argyroploce plinthograpta, n. sp. 
cf. 16 mm. Head, thorax brownish, some slight whitish 
sprinkling on tegulae. Palpi whity-brownish, a grey ring beneath 
apex of second joint. Borewings moderate, rather dilated, costa 
gently arched, apex nearly rectangular, termen rounded, little 
oblique; ochreous-whitish, bases of scales mostly violet-grey, 
especially suffused violet-grey on both sides of fascia, some scattered 
light greyish-oohreous transverse marks; four blackish-brown 
slightly oblique marks from costa on basal third, and one or two in 
disc about central fascia oblique, brown, towards costa narrowed 
and blackish-brown, then broad, below middle suddenly truncated 
except an irregular streak continuing posterior edge to dorsum be¬ 
fore tornus; four small dark brown spots or marks on posterior 
half of costa (second largest, with a curved dark brown dash 
beneath it) and one at apex, short paired whitish strigulae between 
these; a brown blotch from termen below middle extending 
obliquely upwards, its upper end obliquely truncate, edged first 
blackish and then white : cilia brown, tips dark fuscous on upper 
half of termen. Hindwings rather thinly scaled, grey, posteriorly 
