ETTCOSMIDiE. 
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Argyroploce hydrargyra, n.sp. 
<7 9 ■ 18 mm. Heal, palpi, thorax light moss-green. Fore¬ 
wings moderate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex 
obtuse, termen straight, hardly oblique ; rather light moss-green ; 
costal edge suffused dark grey, more broadly on end of central 
fascia, some grey irroration or suffusion on costal half from near 
base to middle ; some irregular silvery-whitish marbling on basal 
patch ; a fascia of irregular silvery-whitish marbling separating 
basal patch from central fascia, rising from two pairs of short 
whitish costal strigulse and obsolescent towards dorsum; some 
obscure silvery-whitish suffusion within broadly dilated lower half 
of central fascia ; central fascia limited by an irregular leaden- 
whitish streak rising from two pairs of costal strigulse and running 
to tornus ; some irregular white marking in disc beyond this above 
middle, connected with a pair of white costal strigulse at | ; two 
pairs of white costal strigulse towards apex, uniting in a leaden 
streak running to middle of termen; discal blotch enclosed between 
these markings suffused darker green ; ocellus limited by silvery 
lateral streaks, without markings ; some silvery-whitish scales and 
small blackish strigulse on termen : cilia grey, an apical spot and 
some terminal bars blackish-grey. Hind wings dark fuscous, lighter 
anteriorly; cilia light grey, a dark grey subbasal shade. 
Bismarck Is., Hew Hannover, February, March (A. S. Meek ); 
2 ex. 
Argyroploce pliylloclilora Meyr. 
Bred from larvse feeding on Ginnamomum (. Laurcicece ) ( Dr . W. 
Roepke ). 
Argyroploce farraginea, n. sp. 
3 . 13 mm. Head grey, sides of crown greyish-ochreous. Palpi 
greyish-ochreous. Thorax rather dark grey, basal half of tegulse 
greyish-ochreous. Forewings rather short-triangular, costa gently 
arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, somewhat oblique; 
greyish-ochreous, slightly sprinkled fuscous and dark fuscous, to¬ 
wards base slightly reddish-tinged ; costa with very short dark 
fuscous strigulse ; an undefined elongate blotch of dark fuscous 
suffusion on dorsum anteriorly ; some slight dark fuscous marking 
towards dorsum before tornus ; an obscure white dot on end of 
cell : cilia greyish-ochreous, obscurely and suffusedly barred rather 
dark fuscous. Hindwings 3 and 4 short-stalked; grey; cilia light 
greyish. Abdomen hairy towards apex. 
2 . 16 mm. Resembles $ , but thorax wholly suffused grey, 
forewings rather more elongate, almost wholly suffused rather dark 
fuscous, white discal dot small, distinct. 
Java, Kediri, February {Dr. L. G. E. Kalshoven) ; 2 ex. 
Argyroploce torticornis, n. sp. 
$ 2 • 17 mm. Head purplish-brown, face dark fuscous, lower 
edge sometimes whitish. Palpi purplish-grey more or less suffused 
