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EXOTIC M1CROLEPIDOPTER A. 
dark fuscous. Antennae 6 with subbasal abrupt sinuation above, 
preceded by slight roughening of scales. Thorax purplish and fer¬ 
ruginous-brown, partly suffused dark fuscous. Forewings moderate, 
rather dilated, costa gently arched, termen rounded, somewhat 
oblique; reddish-brown, mixed and irregularly striated purplish- 
leaden ; basal patch undefined, somewhat mixed blackish ; central 
fascia partly black on upper half, posterior margin marked with an 
oblique ochreous-white or partly whitish dot on end of cell, obsolete 
beneath this ; four pairs of obscure greyish or grey-whitish strigulae 
on costa posteriorly ; irregular red-brown marking before upper 
part of termen, sometimes marked black, and a blotch representing 
inferior of ocellus : cilia grey or ochreous-grey, somewhat pale- 
mixed. Hindwings and cilia grey. 
Trinidad, bred from larvae on banana (Musa) and cacao plants 
( Theobroma ) (D. Farrell ) ; 3 ex. (type Brit. Mus.). 
Argyroploce aristomorpha, n. sp. 
5. 19 mm. Head, thorax reddish-ochreous spotted brown. 
Palpi reddish-ochreous, terminal joint and apex of second ochreous- 
whitish, a dark fuscous dot on middle of second joint. Forewings 
moderate, costa gently arched, termen rounded, somewhat oblique; 
ochreous-orange, strigulated ferruginous; markings ochreous-brown 
marked black; basal patch represented by irregular spots, edge 
angulated in middle, some white suffusion in lower half; space 
between this and central fascia somewhat mixed white, a blackish 
dot on costa ; central fascia moderately broad, somewhat oblique, 
anterior edge almost touching angle of basal patch, posterior edge 
marked three whitish spots in disc; four pairs of white strigulae on 
posterior part of costa, first three emitting short oblique blue-leaden 
strigae; an upwards-oblique fasciate streak from termen below 
middle; a fine black terminal line, 3 or 4 small whitish spots 
preceding it: cilia light ochreous, a deep ochreous-orange basal 
line. Hindwings dark grey, a dark grey subbasal line. 
Sierra Leone, Njala, October (E. Hargreaves ) ; 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
Argyroploce caryosema, n. sp. 
S $ . 21-22 mm. Head, thorax ochreous, variably suffused 
rather dark purplish-fuscous. Palpi ascending, brownish-ochreous. 
Forewings rather broad, slightly- dilated, costa gently arched, 
faintly sinuate in middle, apex rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, 
somewhat oblique; brown, almost completely covered with thick 
irregular transverse violet-leaden striae and marbling ; an ochreous- 
brown costal spot suffusedly marked blackish indicating edge of 
basal patch, and an irregular blotch indicating origin of central 
fascia, beneath this a white slightly raised dot on end of cell; three 
or four small dark fuscous spots on costa posteriorly; a large 
ochreous-brown spot on termen below middle, whence an oblique 
streak, margined above by a black streak, or spotted black, runs to 
