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near costa : cilia pale violet-grey, basal half blue-grey and outer 
half barred blue-grey. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia pale violet- 
grey, a darker subbasal shade, costal cilia forming a strong abrupt 
projecting tuft suffused brown or dark fuscous. 
Formosa, Kyuhabon, October (S. Issiki) ; Assam, Khasis ; 2 ex. 
This distinct form is allied to pachnodes. 
Argyroploce intermissa, n. sp. 
<3 $ . 22-24 mm. Head, thorax white, shoulders black. Palpi 
black, terminal joint and apex of second white. Forewings 
moderate, somewhat dilated, costa gently curved, termen hardly 
oblique; white ; markings black ; small irregular spots on costa 
and dorsum near base, and a trapezoidal spot on fold beyond and 
touching both of these ; an irregular oblique streak from costa 
about | to disc, where it nearly or quite joins an angular spot in 
middle of disc connected with another beneath fold before it ; 
a semioval spot on middle of costa, a transverse one at |, a small 
one at and two or three dots alternating with these ; small 
spots on dorsum before and beyond middle ; an erect streak from 
dorsum before tornus reaching half across wing, with a projecting 
lobe from middle of its anterior edge, beyond this some grey 
suffusion indicating the ocellus; small black spots at apex and 
middle of termen, and a third preceding and connecting them: 
cilia white, dark grey spots on markings, and sometimes some 
apical suffusion on lower part of termen. Hindwings and cilia grey. 
Brazil, Sao Paulo, Alto da Serra, February, October ( JSjpitz , 
Zerny ); 6 ex. (type Vienna Mus.). 
Argyroploce cyphophragma, n. sp. • 
<3. 12-15 mm. Head ochreous-whitish. Palpi whitish, a dark 
fuscous spot on second joint. Thorax whitish, sometimes some small 
dark fuscous marks. Forewings subtriangular, costa gently arched, 
termen straight, vertical ; whitish, more or less suffusedly mottled 
greyish-ochreous, groundcolour sometimes almost concealed; costal 
edge with pairs of whitish strigulae separated by dark fuscous 
marks; markings greyish-ochreous or brownish, variably sprinkled 
or marked blackish on costal half or | ; basal patch with edge 
obtusely angulated in middle ; central fascia moderate, little 
oblique, posterior edge obtusely angulated above middle ; a curved 
fasciate streak from beneath costa at |, running parallel to costa 
and termen, thickest in middle, ending in tornus : cilia whitish, 
more or less suffusedly mixed greyish ochreous or grey. Hindwings 
dark grey ; cilia grey or grey-whitish, a dark grey subbasal line. 
Brazil, Sta. Pita, Bio Preto ( PentJier ) ; 6 ex. (type Vienna 
Mus.). 
Argyroploce hilaraspis, n. sp. 
<3 $ • H-12 mm. Head pale ochreous, face whitish. Palpi 
blackish, terminal joint and apical part of second white. Thorax 
