species of Pyralidto. 9 



terminal band on it from vein 4 to near tornus ; cilia wliite 

 at base, dark at tips. 



Had. S. NiGEiiiA,, lleslia {Hwnfrey), 2 ? type. Exj/. 

 2G-28 mm. 



(44 a) Sylepta a-yhcraspis, sp. u. 



? . Head, thorax, and abdomen fulvous yellow tinged 

 Avitli red-brown; palpi wliitish at base ; pectus and ventral 

 surface of abdomen white. Fore wing orange-yellow, the 

 costa tinged with fulvous, a broad teiminal red-brown band ; 

 an indistinct curved brown anteraedial line ; a small brown 

 spot in middle of cell and larger discoidal S])ot ; postmedial 

 line brown, strong and obliquely incurved from costa to the 

 terminal band at vein 5, at vein 2 retracted to below end of 

 cell and erect to inner margin. Iliud wing orange-yellow 

 with a broad brown terminal band ; an oblique brown 

 discoidal striga ; postmedial line brown, rather strong, ex- 

 curvcd between veins 5 and 2 ; the underside with the 

 terminal band narrower. 



Hab. Natal, Durban {Innes), 2 ? type. E.rp. 32-34 mm. 



(50 b) Sylepta holophccalis, sp. n. 



(J. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark reddish brown; 

 palpi white at bases, black towards tips ; pectus, greater part 

 of legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish; genital 

 tufts ochreous. Fore wing brown with a cupreous gloss ; 

 traces of a dark anteniedial line, a slight dark discoidal 

 luiiule ; an indistinct dark postmedial line slightly bent 

 outwards between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to lower 

 angle of cell and erect to inner margin. Hind wing brown 

 with a cupreous gloss ; a faint dark postmedial line, slightly 

 excurved between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to lower 

 angle of cell and oblique to tornus. 



Hub. Paraguay, ISapucay {Foster), 1 cJ type. E.ip. 

 28 mm. 



(oOc) Sylepta semilugens, sp. n. 



(? . Head, thorax, and abdomen fulvous yellow ; palpi 

 whitish at base ; pectus and legs whitish, the tore femora at 

 extremity and tibiae above brownish. Fore wing with the 

 basal area fulvous yellow with subbasal black spot on inner 

 margin ; a medial pale yellow band with the costal area 

 fulvous and a slight brownish point in middle of cell; the 

 terminal half pale brownish with faint dark discoidal bar 



