PYRALIDJE. 307 



half length of the second ; antennae filifoi^m ; legs smooth, long, slender ; spurs long, 

 slender, unequal in length. 



MASSEPHA ABSOLUTALIS. 

 Massepha ahsolutalis, Walkci', Catal. Lep. Ilet. B. M. xvii. p. 489 (1859). 

 Pale purplish ochreous-white. Both wings with numerous transverse more or less 

 confluent purplish cinereous-brown strigas, and a marginal row of black dots. Cilia 

 purplish cinereous-brown at the apex. Thorax and abdomen with brown bands, those 

 on the latter posteriorly bordered by a slender black line ; legs with black bands. 

 Expanse x^ inch. 



Genus SAMEODES. 



Samcodcs, Snellen, Tijil. vooi- Eut. 1880, p. 217 ; id. 1883, p. 134 ; Meyrick, Traus. Ent. Soc. Lond. 

 1884, p. 300. 



Male. Forewing moderately long; apex subfalcate, costa distorted in the 

 middle, where it is slightly folded beneath and covei'ed with a lappet of coarse scales ; 

 cell three-fifths the length ; first subcostal emitted at one-sixth before end of the cell, 

 second free, third bifid, fifth cuiwed upward from end of cell ; discocellular slender, 

 slightly concave, radials from near the ends; middle median from close to end, lower 

 at one-fourth ; sul)median bent upward near the base : hindwing rather long, 

 triangular, costa arched in the middle ; cell broad, about two-fifths the length ; 

 subcostals from the end, upper partly joined to the costal ; discocellular slightly 

 concave, radial from lower end ; middle median very close to end, lower at one-half ; 

 submedian and internal veins equi-distant. Body moderately slender, pointed at the 

 apex ; thorax laxly covered with broad spatular scales ; tegulse long ; labial palpi 

 porrect, apex decumbent, laterally broad, clothed with lax broad scales beneath, 

 second joint projecting half beyond the eyes, third joint pointed, smooth ; maxillary 

 palpi minute ; antennse long, slightly serrated in front at the middle, finely ciliated ; 

 legs long, smooth, hind tibia3 thickened and tufted in the middle above the anterior 

 spurs, posterior spurs absent, tarsi very long. 



SAMEODES PIPLEISALIS (Plate 181, Fig. 14). 



Stenia Piphmilis, Walker, Catal. Lop. Het. B. M. xvii. p. 420 (,1859). 



Scuneodes Pipleidalis, Meyrick, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1884, p. 300. 



Lepijrodes lepidalis, Walker, Catal. Lep. llet. B. M. xvii. p. 465 (1859). 



Samea sidealis, Walker, id. xix. p. 937 (1859). 



Hymenia meridionalis, Walker, id. xxxiv. p. 1314 (1865). 



Sameodes trithjralis, Snellen, Tijd. voor Ent. 1880, p. 218 ; id. 1883, p. 134, pi. S, fig. 4. 



Samea vespertinalis, Saalmuller, Ber. Senck. Gesell. 1880, p. 301. 



Brownish-ochreous : forewing with three small brown-lined semihyaline-white 

 subbasal spots, a large spot across the middle, and a discal series of spots ; the latter 



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