Pyi-aliJie of the Suhfamily Pyralinte. C7 



{2d) Pijralia otriaparsalis, sp. n, 



$ . Head whitish suffused with purplish pink ; thorax and 

 abdomen puqjlish pink mixed with some whitish and strongly 

 irrorated with black, the pectus, legs, and ventral surface of 

 abdomen less strongly irrorated. Fore wing purplish pink mixed 

 with some whitish and strongly irrorated with black, especially 

 on basal area except towards costa ; antemedial line strong, 

 whitish defined on each side by black, oblique to submedian 

 fold, where it is angled outwards, angled inwards at vein 1 ; a 

 small blackish discoidal spot ; a whitish patch on costal area 

 towards apex, the whitish subterminal line arising from it, 

 excurved to vein 3, then incurved ; the termen purplish pink. 

 Hind wing whitish tinged with purplish pink, the terminal half 

 suffused with fuscous and irrorated with black towards torn us ; 

 a whitish postmedial line, excurved at middle and angled out- 

 wards at veins 3 and 2, then oblique to tornus ; the tei-men 

 purplish pink ; cilia whitish, mixed with pink and black at tips. 

 Underside whitish mixed with pink and fuscous ; fore wing with 

 the subterminal line indistinct, except the patch on costal area ; 

 hind wing with whitish postmedial line excurved at middle. 



Hah. N". Nigeria., Zungeru {Ilacfie), 1 $ type. I^xi). IS mm. 



(8«) Pyralis costinofalis, sp. n. 



S ■ Head and thorax pale rufous ; abdomen whitish suffused 

 with red-brown ; antenn;e brownish ; palpi and legs whitish suf- 

 fused with red-brown. Fore wing rufous tinged with pm-plish 

 red ; antemedial line white defined on outer side by black, 

 expanding into a wedge-shaped mark at costa, to which it is 

 slightly incurved ; the medial part of costa with alternating 

 black and white points ; a slight blackish discoidal spot ; post- 

 medial line white defined on inner side by blackish, expanding 

 into a wedge-shaped mark at costa, then excurved and very 

 slightly waved ; a faint maculate brownish terminal band ; a fine 

 whitish line at base of cilia. Hind wing whitish suffused with 

 rufous to the postmedial line except on costal area, the terminal 

 area irrorated with brown ; an oblique sinuous white antemedial 

 line, joined at inner margin by the white postmedial line, which 

 is excurved at middle, then slightly waved ; a terminal series of 

 small brown spots ; cilia with a brown line near tips. Underside 

 whitish suffused with reddish brown ; fore wing with series of 

 whitish and dark brown points on costa to the postmedial line ; 

 both wings with slight blackish discoidal spot and slightly waved 

 whitish postmedial line defined on inner side by brown and 

 excurved at middle. 



(13 «) Pyralis ruftbasalis, sp. n. 



(S . Head and thorax red-brown ; abdomen white suffused with 

 pale olive ; legs red-brown ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen 



