Type. 
Classification of the Pyralide. 195 
the costa and a spot in cell black ; a white postmedial band from 
costa to vein 6 and a submarginal patch above outer angle ; a fine 
white line at base of cilia. Hindwing white, the base black running 
along inner margin to middle; the outer area black, broad at 
costa, tapering to a point at anal angle ; a fine white line at base 
of cilia. 
Hab. Humboldt Bay, New Guinea (Doherty). Hzp., 
14mm. ‘Type in Coll. Rothschild. 
Genus HymenoprycHis. 
Hymenoptychis, Zell., Lep. Caffr., p. 64 (1852). 
Syrbatis, Wik., xxvii., 119 (1863). 
Palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head, the 3rd joint short 
with a small triangular tuft in front ; maxillary palpi minute and 
filiform ; frons rounded; antenne of male thickened and flattened ; 
legs long and slender ; abdomen very long, especially in male, 
which has the terminal segment long and pointed. Forewing long 
and narrow ; the apex rounded ; cell less than half the length of 
Hymenoptychis sordida, $, + (from Moths Ind., vol. iv.). 
wing ; vein 3 from close to angle of cell; 4, 5 approximated for 
some distance ; 6 from below upper angle; 7 straight ; in male the 
cell very short, 6 bent down and approximated to 4,5; 7 bent down 
at middle ; a fringe of hair on subcostals below from angle of cell 
half way to apex. Hindwing with the cell about one-fourth length 
of wing, vein 3 from angle; 4, 5 approximated for some dis- 
tance; 6, 7 stalked. 
HyMeENoprycHis sorpina, Zell., Lep. Caffr., S.Africa, Ben- 
p. 65; Led., Wien Ent. Mon., 1863, pl. 16, — gal, Ceylon: 
rez, B : ; : : : ; : : Burma, Ma- 
+Syrbatis tipuliformis, Wik., xxvii., 120. lacea, Borneo, Marshall 
+ Botys pterophoralis, Wik, xxiv., 1415. and Ellice Islands. 
Auctorum. 
ITymenoptychis dentilinealis, Snell., Med. Sum., 
iv. (1), 8, p. (4. : , ; : ‘ . Sumatra. 
