612 
EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
beneath middle of termed continued by a brown line to costa at §, 
two short oblique lines from costa beyond this, and a direct streak 
at apex : cilia whitish, a dark brown subbasal line, dark brown 
spots at apex and middle of termen. Hind wings grey : cilia grey- 
whitish, a dark grey subbasal shade. 
China, Hashing, July ( J . r l \ Chu) ; 4 ex. (type Brit. Mus.). 
Argyroploce camarotis, n. sp. 
3 $. 16-20 mm. Head, thorax light fuscous, or greyish- 
ochreous with white reflections, thoracic crest brown or sometimes 
blackish. Palpi light fuscous, second joint with oblique dark 
fuscous bar, tinged whitish towards base beneath. Forewings 
moderate, rather dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 
straight, vertical, rounded beneath, base of dorsum with brown 
projecting scaletooth supporting thoracic crest; light greyish- 
ochreous, with white reflections, costal area sometimes becoming 
white posteriorly ; costa obliquely strigulated fuscous ; a rather 
broad fuscous, brownish, or dark fuscous fasciate band rising from 
dorsum about | and running arched above middle of disc to middle 
of termen, lighter and broader posteriorly, lower edge irregularly 
sinuate or indented, a median indentation edged white, sometimes 
broadly diffuse posteriorly ; a small round fuscous apical spot edged 
anteriorly by a white strigula : cilia grey tinged brownish, some¬ 
times mixed whitish on upper part of termen, a darker subbasal 
shade. Hindwings grey becoming darker posteriorly ; cilia light 
grey, a darker subbasal shade. 
var. a. Fore wings darker in colour generally, fuscous with 
whitish-violet reflections, band blackish throughout, central fascia 
more or less developed as a dark fuscous lobe towards dorsum, band 
narrowly interrupted beyond this and second portion forming a 
blackish pear-shaped blotch resting on termen ; hindwings dark 
grey. 
Bengal, Kalimpong, bred November from larva rolling leaves of 
MicJielia campcica (Magnoliacece) (Indian Forest Service); Assam, 
Khasis, November, February, June; 12 ex. (var. a from both 
localities). I am satisfied that these variable forms belong to only 
one species. 
Argyroploce ptarmicopa, n. sp. 
3 2 • 16-17 mm. Head dark fuscous. Palpi ascending, dark 
browmish-fuseous. Thorax dark grey, tegulae 3 sometimes suffused 
white except base. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa gently 
arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, somewhat oblique ; dark grey, 
irregularly and suffusedly strigulated dark fuscous, with some slight 
irregular white mixture, sometimes stronger towards fold ; costa 
with two pairs of minute white strigulae before middle, on posterior 
half slenderly dark fuscous with five pairs of oblique white strigulse 
and some narrow orange-fulvous suffusion beneath these, apical 
third of wing otherwise white clouded with grey suffusion, with 
