PYRALIDJE. 293 



COPTOBA^IS TROPICALIS (Plate 181, Fig. 9). 

 Botij)! tropicalls, Walker, Catal. Lcp. Ilet B. M. xviii. p. 670 (1859). 

 Pale ocTireous-brown : foi'ewing crossed by a pale-bordered blackisli outwardl}'- 

 recurved antemedial line, and an undulated postmedial line, the latter sinuous and 

 widely bordered with white at its costal end ; a punctiform blackish orbicular spot, 

 and a blackish-bordered wide white reniform mark : hindwing with a white-bordered 

 blackish lunule at end of the cell, and an undulated discal line. Cilia edged with 

 white. Palpi beneath and legs white ; fore tibiae pale ochreous-brown. 

 Expanse -^^ inch. 



Genus HYMENIA. 

 Hymmia, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett, p. 360 (1825-7) ; Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xvii. p. 395 



(1859). 

 Zinckenia, Zeller, Lep. Microp. Caffr. Kongl. Vet. Akad. HaaJl. 18.52, p. 55 ; Lederer, Pyral. Wien. 



Ent. Mon. vii. p. 436 (1863) ; Meyrick, Tr. Eiit. Soc. 1884, p. 308. 

 Spoladea, Gueuee, Delt. et Pyral. p. 224 (1854). 



Forewing rather narrow, triangular ; cell more than half the length ; first sub- 

 costal at one-fifth before end of the cell, third bifid, fifth straight from end of cell ; 

 discocellular shghtly concave, radials from the ends; middle median very close to end 

 of cell, lower at nearly one-third : hindwing short, rather broad, apex convex, exterior 

 margin convex in the middle ; cell two-fifths the length ; subcostals from end ; 

 discocellular obliquely concave, radial from lower end ; two upper medians from end 

 of cell, lower at one-third. Body moderately slender ; labial palpi ascending, slightly 

 curved, reaching level of the eyes, second joint laxly squamous, broadest at the 

 base, third joint small, slender, pointed; maxillary palpi slender; antennae setaceous, 

 basal joint nodular; legs slender, smooth, spurs long, hind spurs equal. 



Ti/pe, H. perspectalis. 



HYMENIA RECURVALIS. 



Phalwna rectirvalis, Fabriciu.s, Syst. Eut. p. 407 (1775) ; Ent. Syst. iii. 2, p. 237 (1794). 



Zinckenia recurvalis, Zeller, Lep. Micro. Caffr. Kongl. Vet. Akad. Handl. p. 55 (1853); Lederer, 



Pyral. Wien. Eut. Mon. vii. p. 437 (1863) ; Snellen, Tijd. voor Ent. 1872, p. 95; Meyrick, Tr. 



Ent. Soc. Lond. 1884, p. 308. 

 Sjioladea recurvalis, Guenee, Delt. et. Pyral. p. 225, pi. 8, fig. 5 (1851). 

 Hymenia recurvalis, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xvii. p. 396 (1859). 



Phalena fascialis, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. pi. 398, fig. (1782) ; Stoll, id. v. pi. 36, fig. 13 (1791). 

 Phala-na angustalis, Fabricius, Mant. Ins. p. 309 (1787). 

 Hymenia diffascialis, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 361 (1825-7). 



Ilydrocampa albifascialis, Boisduval, Faun. Ent. Madag. Lep. p. 119, pi. 16, fig. 1 (1834). 

 ? Phalcena nigrella, Linnseus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 13, iii. App. p. 225. 



Dark vinaceous-brown ; in some fights oHvescent greyish-brown : forewing with 



