172 Mr. W. Warren on new 
XXIX.—Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Pyralidee 
contained in the British-Museum Collection. By W. 
Warren, M.A., F.E.S. 
{Continued from vol. viii. p. 70. ] 
Subfamily Currsavera. 
SEMNIOMIMA, gen. nov. 
Fore wings with costa very straight, curved only before 
apex and simple in male; apex blunt; hind margin hardly 
oblique and faintly bowed. Hind wings ‘triangular, with hind 
margin only slightly curved. Labial palpi short, straightly 
porrect, § shagey beneath, the third joint indistinct ; maxillary 
short, hairy ; tongue large, sealy ; ocelli minute ; forehead 
smooth, flat ; antennee in male simple, with very short pubes- 
cence 5 neuration as in Chrysophila, Hiib., and Semnia, Hiib. 
Ab ype S. flaviceps, Burm. (Hypocrita). 
In general appearance, colour, and markings, resembling 
Hiibner’s genus Chrysophila, but distinguished at once by the 
simple costa and antenne of themale. 
Subfamily PrrarrprmZ. 
PrinpiciTorA, Wk. 
Type 2. zeuxoalis, Wik. xxvii. p. 135. 
Pindicitora flavifrons, sp. n. 
Fore wings shining violet-black, with a slight pale tinge 
at the base of the inner margin; a distinct white, bluntly 
zigzag, transverse line at one third, not quite reaching the 
costa; a very faint, irregularly sinuous s, and somewhat dilated 
line at four fifths. Hind wings violet-grey, paler towards 
the base, gradually darkening outwards, with a faintly paler 
submarginal line, more distinct. towards the anal angle. 
Thorax, antenne, abdomen, and fringes concolorous with 
fore wings ; collar, base of antenne, face, palpi, and anal seg- 
ment of abdomen yellow. Underside shining fuscous, with 
a violet gloss; legs pale ochreous. 
Expanse of wings 10 millim. 
One male from Accra. 
