Genera and Species of Pyralide. 177 
Two females from Madagascar in the British Museum 
Collection. 
Syllythria subnicalis, sp. n 
Resembles nicalis, Gr., but smaller; the same size as 
lethalis. Dull reddish brown, dusted with grey along the 
inner margin and before the second line, with an indistinctly 
darker reniform stigma ; first line absent or scarcely percep- 
tible ; second line, starting from a conspicuous yellowish- 
white costal spot, forms a very slight curve to the imner 
margin, never a decided bulge in the centre, as in nicalis. 
Hind wing with a pale yellowish line, only distinct towards 
the inner margin, beyond which the hind’ mar gin is darker. 
. Abdomen reddish grey, with segmental divisions finely 
whitish. 
Several specimens from California. 
BLEPHARUCHA, gen. nov. 
Fore wings elongate, triangular ; costa slightly shouldered 
at base and incurved in middle, convex before apex, the latter 
blunt; hind margin oblique. Hind wings twice as broad as 
fore wings ; hind margin rounded. Palpi porrect, rostriform ; 
maxillary palpi small ; antenne of male strongly pubescent, 
of female simple; forehead bluntly prominent; the two 
transverse lines oblique i in opposite directions, approximating 
on the inner margin. 
Type B. zaide, Stoll (Phalena). 
A South African genus, akin to Hmmelia, Hiib. 
EXUCTENOSPILA, gen. nov. 
Allied to Blepharucha, but with the antennz still more 
developed, those of the male being quite strongly bipectinated. 
Fore wing with costa slightly convex near base, incurved in 
the middle ; apex pointed, but not acute ; hind margin oblique, 
slightly bowed ; antennee strongly bipectinated, the pectina- 
tions themselves finely pubescent; labial palpi porrect, 
drooping, maxillary fine, horizontal ; tongue developed ; 
ocelli large; abdomen (male) with a decided anal tuft. 
Type £. castalis, Warr. 
Euctenospila castalis, sp. n. 
Fore wing pale lemon-yellow, markings rather lustrous, 
lilac-grey, finely edged with black ; a few spots irregularly 
Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 6. Vol. ix. 12 
