Genera and Species of the family Pyralidae. 15 



a light- coloured basal line; liind-wiiig whitish, with termmal area 

 irrorated and suffused mth drab (xlvi) ; cilia whitish with a drab 

 subbasal smuated Ime, leaving the base of the cilia slightly yellow. 

 Abdomen above with the first few segments pale orange-yellow, 

 but owing to greasiness it is not possible to see how far it extends. 



Underside : — Whitish, heavily suffused, especially along costa 

 of fore- wing with hair-broAvii (xlvi); hind- wing almost whitish at 

 inner- marginal area; cilia as above, but subbasal line continuous. 

 Legs whitish, somewhat suffused with light drab. 



Exp. Male type 20 mm. ; female type 21 mm. ; co-types 17- 

 24 mm. Four males and twelve females. 



Eab. All specimens but two from Sawmills (S. Rhodesia), 

 the two from Victoria Falls, 27.1.1918; male type, 

 l.ii. 1918; female type, 4. ii. 1918; co-types from 

 1-5. ii. 1918. 



Commotria ruficolor, sp. n. 



Male and female. Head, palpi, thorax, legs and ground-colour 

 of fore- wings pale yellow-orange (iii), heavily suffused, except vertex 

 of head, with carrot red (xiv) ; palpi at sides slightly irrorated with 

 fuscous; fore- wing with ground-colour only on veins 12, 11, part 

 of veins 10 and 9, upper- and lower-median and vein \h paler than 

 ground-colour of wing; a similar pale line just before costa; some 

 slight fuscous irroration here and there in the wing, esj)ecially 

 below upper median and towards apex; a rounded fuscous irrora- 

 tion at lower angle and an indication of some antemedial spots; 

 a postmedial series of similar spots above the veins, sometimes 

 partly or entirely wanting; a terminal series of fuscous spots at 

 end of veins, but sometimes wanting ; cilia carrot red. Hind-wing 

 pure white with very slight tinge of pale yellow-orange. 



Underside : — Tilleul-buff (xl), darkest on fore-vidng, almost white 

 on inner- marginal area of hind-wmg; cilia whitish. One male 

 from the same locality with the irroration on fore-wing black and 

 more dense, extended from base along ujiper part of cell to apex, 

 even into the cilia ; a faint irroration below lower median at middle, 

 one below origin of vein 2, and postmedial series broader and more 

 marked. Cilia of hind- wing at apex tinged with carrot red. 



Exp. Male type 18 mm. ; female type 22 mm. ; co-types 20- 

 26 mm. 



Hab. Male type, Victoria Falls, 25.1.1918; female 

 type, Umtali, 5.1.1918; co-types all from Umtali, 

 3-11. i. 1918. 



