128. 



PYRAUSTA CINGULALIS. 



The silver-barred Sable. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Pyralid^ Leach. Crambites Lat. 



Type of the Genus Pyralis purpuralis Lin7i. 

 Pyrausta Schr. — Botys Lat., Leach. — Pyralis, Linn., Hub., Haw. 

 Crambus Fab. — Phalsena Geometra Linn. 



^^ntenncE nearly capillary, alike in both sexes, inserted between 

 the eyes on the crown of the head, composed of numerous elon- 

 gated joints, covered with scales above, hairy beneath, basal 

 joint robust (fig. 1 a, a few joints magnified). 

 MaxiilcB spiral, very long and slender, covered with small scales 

 on the external surface towards the base (3). Palpi small ex- 

 serted, arising from a lobe at the base of the maxillag, covered 

 with scales which extend far beyond the apex, composed of three 

 small joints (3 a). 



Labial Palpi porrected like a beak, longer than the head, robust, 

 covered with scales which extend far beyond their apex (4), 

 3-jointed, basal joint short curved, 2nd long, slightly attenuated, 

 3rd small ovate (4 a). 

 Head rather small, covered with long scales, close on the forehead (7). 

 Wings, superior covering the inferior when at rest, slightly deflexed, 

 and forming a triangle. Ocelli 2, remote, situated behind the an- 

 tenncB (7 a). Legs long, anterior pair with the tibia much shorter 

 than the femur, with a long spine on the internal side. Tibiae of 

 the 2nd pair with spurs at the apex, of posterior with spurs also 

 above the apex. Tarsi 5-jointed, basal joint as long as the tibia in 

 the anterior pair. Claws minute. Pulvilli minute (8, afore leg). 

 Caterpillars with 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal and 2 anal feet P. 



CiNGULALis Hub. Schmet. Pyr. 5. 30. — cingulata Linn. Faun. Suec. 

 1303. 



Brownish black, slightly tinged w-ith purple. Head and palpi 

 beneath dirty white ; superior wings with a sinuated narrow 

 pale ochraceous stripe parallel to the posterior margin, continued 

 across the inferior wings and forming a semicircular line ; cilise 

 white at their extremities. 



In the Author's and other Cabinets. 



