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Pyrozela, n, g. 



Head loosely haired ; tongue developed. Antennae |, in ^ shortly ciliated, n>.^C^a.ij^ 

 basal joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi moderate, curved, ascend- 

 ing, with appressed scales, terminal joint shorter than second, pointed, ^ 

 Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Posterior tibiai loosely scaled. Forewirgs with ''^^fi^ir»^V.- 

 1 bifurcate, 2 from near angle or 2 and 3 stalked, 7 to termen, 8 and 9 from ' ^ ; : 



near 7, 10 from |, 11 widely ijremote, from before middle. Eindwingsl, 

 elongate-ovate, cilia ^-^ ; 3 and 4 connate, 5, fi, 7 parallel, 8 free. 



Type P. xanthomima. Distinguished from 3Jieza and allied genera by 

 neuration of hindwings. To this genus belongs Mieza sanguinicornis, Wals., of 

 which I have a good series, and also two undescribed Australian species. 



Pyrozela xanthomima, n. sp. 



$ $. 19-22 mm. Head deep yellow, sides of face crimson, collar deep 

 crimson. Palpi yellow, more or less suffused with crimson except towards apex. 

 Antennae deep crimson, basal joint yellow. Thorax deep yellow, anterior aid 

 lateral margins deep crimson. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, 

 costa gently arched, apex obtuse, ternren straight, oblique ; bright deep yellow, 

 markings deep crimson ; an irregular streak along dorsum from base to tornus, 

 curved upwards between middle and f so as to leave a semioval dorsal spot of 

 ground colour, on tornus with a short upward projection ; a thick inwardly 

 oblique spot from apical extremity cf costa, reaching half across wing ; besides 

 these, in ^ costal dots at base and g^, a subcostal dot before middle, an 

 inwardly oblique mark in disc about ^, and a discal dot at |, in 9 a suffused 

 streak along basal fourth of costa, another from dorsal streak at i to costa 

 before middle, a discal spot at | connected with upward loop of dorsal streak 

 and sometimes some additional variable suffusion connecting these markings 

 in an irregular network : cilia yellow, more or less crimson-tinged towards 

 base, especially in 9, above apex and beneath tornus deep: crimson. Hind- 

 wings and cilia pale whitish-ochreous, in 9 somewhat crimsor-tinged towards 

 apex and tornus. 



Seven specimens (4 ^,3 9), Maskeliya, Ceylon, in February, May, and 

 November (Pole). This and the following species are closely allied to sa7i- 

 guinicornis, and as the general markings are similar and variable, and also differ 

 more in the sexes than in the species, they are somewhat confusing ; the three 

 species are however readily separated by the colour of the hindwings. 



Pyrozela erythromima, n. sp. 



$ 9. 14-18 mm. Head and thorax crimson, in ^ suffusedly spotted with 

 deep yellow. Palpi yellow, sprinkled or suffused with crimson. Antenna 

 crimson, basal joint usually mostly yellow. Abdomen pale crimson. Fore- 

 wings elongate, somewhat narrowed anteriorly, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen nearly straight, oblique ; in $ bright yellow, with a network formed 

 by four irregular very oblique crimson fascise (first almost dorsal, fourth not 

 reaching costa or termen) intersecting with a streak on basal fourth of costa 



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