Classification of tlie Pyralidse. 



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Palpi porrect, downciirved at extremity, thickly scaled and 

 extending about the length of head ; maxillary palpi minute and 

 filiform ; proboscis minute ; frons with a tuft of hair ; antennae of 

 male minutely ciliated ; tibiae hairy. Forewing with the costa 



(2). 



(3). 



S. Africa. 



S. Africa. 



Zitha ignalis, ^, \. 



arched towards apex which is rounded ; vein 3 from close to angle 

 of cell ; 4, 5 well separated at origin ; from upper angle ; 7 from 

 8 before 9; 10, 11 free. Hindwing with vein 3 from close to 

 angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; G, 7 from upper angle. 

 Type. (1). ZiTiiA iGNALi.^, Guen., Delt. and Pyr., 



p. 129 



■f Zitha punicealis, Wlk., xxxiv., 1264. 

 ZiTiiA LAMiNAt.ls, Guen., Delt. and Pyr., 



p. 129 



fAglossa rufijtuol/s^ Wlk., xxxiv., 1249. 

 Oryctrocera aurocupralis, Rag., Ann. Ent. 

 Soc. Fr., 1891, p. 52. 

 <^ZiTHA suHOUPRALis, Zell, Lep. Caffr., p. 20 Natal, 

 Anfienora acienialis, Rag., Ann. Ent. Soc. 

 Fr., 1890, p. 80. 



Genus DiLOxiA, 



Diloxia, Hmpsn., Moths of India, vol. iv., p. 179 

 (1896). 



Palpi rostriform, downcurved at extremity and reaching well 

 beyond the frons which is rounded ; maxillary palpi minute ; 



Diloxia flmhriuta, ^ , \ (from Moths Ind., vol. iv.). 



antennae of male with long bristles and cilia; build slight; legs 

 long and slender, the tibise smooth, the spurs long. Forewing 



