Pyralidina of the Tawatian Islands. 225 
8. Mrcyna, Gn. 
Hind wings with dark fuscous hind-marginal border .. 22. virescens. 
5 without af 3 “3 .. 21. aurora. 
21. Mecyna aurora, Butl. 
Anemosa aurora, Butl., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1881, 
327. 
3,17mm. Palpithree. Antennal ciliations one-third. Middle 
tibie much dilated, with pencil of white hairs in groove. Fore 
wings rather elongate-triangular, costa slightly arched, apex 
obtuse, hind margin obliquely rounded ; ochreous-reddish, slightly 
purplish-shining, towards base and costa deeper and more purple- 
reddish ; a faint darker outwards-curved line from three-fourths of 
costa to two-thirds of inner margin, sinuate beneath costa, below 
middle rectangularly indented inwards; cilia ochreous-yellowish, 
tips paler. Hind wings ochreous-yellowish; an obscure hind- 
marginal band reddish-tinged; two faint grey dots obliquely placed 
in dise before middle; cilia ochreous-whitish, towards base more 
ochreous and reddish-tinged. 
Two specimens. 
22. Mecyna virescens, Butl. 
Mecyna virescens, Butl., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1881, 
329. 
3S 2, 26—33 mm. Palpi 3}. Antennal ciliations one. Middle 
tibiz of male moderate, grooved, without hair-pencil. Fore wings 
elongate-triangular, costa posteriorly gently arched, apex obtuse, 
hind margin somewhat bowed, rather oblique; variable, brownish- 
ochreous, reddish-ochreous, or pale greyish-ochreous mixed with 
reddish-fuscous, sometimes finely sprinkled with black; a nearly 
straight cloudy darker line, sometimes preceded by a pale line, 
from one-fifth of costa to before middle of inner margin; a small 
round cloudy darker spot in dise before middle, and a somewhat 
larger subquadrate or transverse spot beyond middle; obliquely 
beneath and beyond this is a cloudy roundish similar spot, some- 
times larger and conspicuously blackish, always perceptible; a 
strongly curved cloudy darker line, sometimes followed by a pale 
line, generally marked with a series of black dots, from before 
three-fourths of costa to three-fifths of inner margin, indented 
beneath costa, below middle with a rectangular indentation 
inwards touching third discal spot; cilia greyish-ochreous or 
