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5220a. Pyrausta euprepialis, n. sp. 



Head and thorax brown mixed with olive grey : palpi below, pectus and 

 legs brownish-grey ; abdomen black with dorsal segmental whitish lines, 

 lateral tufts towards extremity and anal tuft at sides orange, the ventral 

 surface brownish grey. Forewing black suffused with deep crimson red, the 

 basal area except towards costa with olive-brown ; a postmedial yellowish 

 white band expanding on inner side in discal fold ; cilia dark-brown tipped 

 with yellowish. Hindwing black ; some yellowish hair towards base ; an 

 orange postmedial band broad from costa to lower angle of cell, then 

 narrower rounded below and not reaching inner margin ; cilia orange with 

 some black at middle. Underside orange ; forewing with black spots in and 

 at end of cell conjoined to a patch below cell, a curved postmedial band not 

 reaching costa and a terminal line ; hindwing with obscure black patch at 

 lower angle of cell, an indistinct curved postmedial line angled inwards at 

 vein 2, the terminal area suffused with rufous. 



Habitat.— Chamba. Exp. 20 mill. Type—In B. M. 



5230a. Pyrausta minimalis, n. sp. 



9. Head pale yellow-brown; palpi at base, sides of frons and antennae 

 white ; thorax rufous, pectus and legs white ; abdomen ochreous. Forewing 

 •ochreous, suffused with rufous so as to leave slight steaks of the ground color 

 only ; slight traces of a blackish antemedial line ; a distinct black postmedial 

 line, obsolescent towards costa, obliquely curved to vein 2, where it is slightly 

 angled inwards. Hindwing brownish-ochreous, the cilia pale at tips. 



Habitat.— Deesa (Nurse). Exp. 12 mill. Type — In B. M. 



5231. Pyrausta macharalis, del. Scopula damastesalis. 



52526. Pyrausta euralis, n. sp. 



Head and thorax ochreous ; palpi black, white at base ; abdomen fuscous. 

 Forewing pale ochreous ; the costal area brown to beyond middle ; an oblique 

 dark line from costa before middle to middle of inner margin with some 

 brown shading before it on inner area ; a broad terminal brown band with 

 strongly bisinuate black line on its inner edge. Hindwing pale ochreous with 

 terminal brown band narrowing and somewhat obsolescent towards tornus 

 and with a curved black line on its inner edge. 



Habitat.— Kashmir. (Pilcher). Exp. 24 mill. Type—In B. M. 



5255a. Pyrausta atrifdsalis, n. sp. 



Mid tibi'-e of male dilated with a groove containing a fringe of long hair. 



ft. Head, thorax and forewing ochreous strongly suffused with fuscous- 

 brown ; palpi below, pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen mostly 

 ochreous. Forewing ochreous suffused with fuscous-brown leaving an orange 

 yellow streak on costa before and beyond the postmedial line ; the antemedial 

 line incurved to costa ; a dark point in cell and discoidal lunule; the postmedial 

 line minutely waved, excurved between veins 6 and 2, then retracted to below 

 end of cell ; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hindwing ochreous suffused with 

 fuscous-brown ; an indistinct waved dark line from just beyond lower angle 

 of cell, to inner margin above tornus with some ochreous on each side of it ; 



