PYRALID^E. 320 



lold above end of the cell and covered with scabrous scales beneath; costal and 

 subcostals curved below the fold ; cell more than half the length; first subcostal at 

 nearly half before end of the cell, second and third from angle close to end, third 

 bifid, fifth from end ; discocellular outwardly concave, radials from upper and lower 

 end ; two upper medians from end of cell, lower at one-fifth ; submediau recurved, 

 bent near the base, and with a slender lower branch rejoining it at nearly half its 

 length: hindwing short, triangular; cell about one-third the length; subcostals on 

 a footstalk beyond the cell, upper partly joined to costal ; discocellular outwardly 

 obliqut>, concave, radial from lower end ; two upper medians from end, lower at one- 

 fifth ; a submedian and two internal veins. Body moderately stout, abdomen lono-, 

 attenuated ; tegulas clothed with long lax scales ; labial palpi ascending, bi-oad, 

 compressed, smoothly squamous, third joint minute, conical ; antennae setaceous ; legs 

 moderately long, smooth; hind tibiee with a tuft of hairs at the tip, inner spurs lono-, 

 slender, outer spurs short. Female. Costal fold on forewing absent. No tuft at 

 tip of hind tibiae. 



PYGOSPILA TYRES. 



riuthena Pijralis Tyres, Cramer, Pap. E.xot. iii. p. 124, pi. 263, fig. e. (I7S2), ?. 



Phhjctania Tlujralis, Hiibner, Verz. l)ek. Sehmett. p. 359 (182o-7). 



Pijijospila Ti/resialis, Guenee, Delt. et Pyral. p. 312 (185i) ; Walker, Catal. Lep. llet. C M. xviii. 



p. 537 ; Lederer, P3 ral. Wien. Eiit. Mouat. vii. p. 40i. 

 Phalcena cestuata (part), Fabricius,* Syst. Ent. p. 638 ; Eut. Sysf. iii. 2, p. 207, ? {nee LiniiKii.s). 

 Pijijospila costiflexalis, Guenee, Delt. et. Pyrai. p. 313 (1854), ^. 

 Lomotropa costiflexalis, Lederer, Pyral. Wien. Ent. Monat. vii. p. 405, pi. 14, fig. 8 (18G3), S . 



Purplish-black, glossy. Male : forewing with a costal fold above end of the 

 cell ; two yellowish-ochreous transverse basal outwardly-oblique recurved lines, 

 followed by two small spots below the submedian vein, above which are four 

 equidistant transverse series of bluish-white spots : hindwing with bluish-white 

 streaks from the base, some discal streaks, a spot at end of the cell, and 

 three small spots on middle of the exterior margin. Eemale. Forewing with 

 the costal edge not folded ; markings more prominent, the basal lines sometimes 

 white : hindwing with the markings also more prominent, and with an upper discal 

 spot. Thorax witli six longitudinal lines, which are ochreous-yellow in male, and 

 sometimes white in female ; abdomen with two dorsal rows and a lateral row of 

 white spots ; front of head and basal joint of antenn;i3 with white band ; base of 

 palpi, body beneath, and legs white ; fore tibiaB with black bands, middle and hind 

 tibiae with a black longitudinal streak : hind tibia3 of male with a tuft of hair. 



Expanse \\ to If inch. 



* III the B;uik.si;in Cubini t at tlic liiitisii Musejui is a female of this insect labelled Plial. ^Esluata 

 by Fabricius. 



\oL. Tir. rj II 



