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very fine whitish sfcrigulae ; a dull olive-green oval blotch on dorsum 
before middle, edged above with blackish suffusion, preceded by a 
white dorsal scale-projection, and followed by a rhomboidal light 
leaden-grey dorsal spot; ocellus light leaden-grey, above this a 
roundish blotch of blackish-grey suffusion confluent with central one 
of seven dark grey costal spots ; three or four small suffused dark 
crimson-grey marks near termen : cilia light greyish, two dark grey 
lines becoming rosy-brownish round apical margin. Hindwings 
rather dark grey, dorsum clothed long light grey hairs ; cilia grey- 
whitish. 
Sierra Leone, Njala, bred February from kola-nut ( Cola vera) 
( Sterculiacece ) {E. Hargreaves) ; 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
Argyroploce lacunana, Dup. 
Kashmir, Gulmarg, 8800 feet, June (T. B. Fletcher ), taken 
abundantly amongst bushes in the jungle, in forms indistinguishable 
from British specimens. 
Hemimene stropliodina, n. sp. 
$ . 14 mm. Head, thorax brownish-fuscous. Palpi rather 
dark fuscous, an orange central blotch. Forewings rather broad- 
triangular, costa slightly arched, termen slightly rounded, somewhat 
oblique; brownish-fuscous; basal area uniform, enclosed by a 
darker stria running from | of costa very obliquely to middle of 
disc, then abruptly roundecl-angulated and returning to middle 
of dorsum ; remaining area crossed by several similar striae similarly 
but less abruptly angulated, more numerous on dorsal half, extreme 
costal edge between these touched whitish, two or three short dark 
longitudinal marks in disc beyond middle; a slight blue-leaden 
mark from costa before apex ; four small black dots on median area 
of termen : cilia light fuscous, tips pale and violet-tinged. Hind- 
wings bronzy-fuscous, becoming darker fuscous towards termen ; 
cilia as in forewings. 
Bolivia, Rio Songo, 2650 feet ( Fassl ); 1 ex. (Vienna Mus.). 
Laspeyresia melicrossis, n. sp. 
$ . 14-15 mm. Head, thorax light violet-grey, $ darker, 
face somewhat lighter. Palpi whitish-grey. Forewings somewhat 
elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, termen slight!} 7 rounded, 
hardly perceptibly sinuate beneath apex, somewhat oblique ; bronzy- 
grey ( d ) or rather dark purplish-grey ( $ ), darker posteriorly ; costa 
except anteriorly with very faint short darker strigulse, extreme 
costal edge in $ minutely whitish between these on posterior half, 
with traces of very faint leaden-tinged oblique strigae: cilia 
ochreous-yellowish, with ochreous-brown subbasal line. Hindwings 
grey, becoming dark grey on posterior half; cilia whitish, a dark 
grey basal line. 
Kashmir, Gulmarg, 8800 feet, July (T . B. Fletcher') ; 2 ex. 
