68 Sir G. F. Hampson on new 



whitish tinged with red-brown. Fore wing with the basal area 

 ruh'ous irrorated with red-brown, the rest of wing white tinged 

 with olive ; a small black discoidal spot ; the curved postmedial 

 line indicated by a faint olive shade on its inner side. Hind 

 wing white tinged with olive ; a diffused black patch on basal 

 area ; a small black discoidal spot ; a diffused curved olive post- 

 medial line. Underside white thickl}'' irrorated with black-brown ; 

 hind wing with small black discoidal spot and diffused curved dark 

 postmedial line. 



Hab. GrOLD Coast, Kumasi {Sanders), 1 c? ; S. Nigeeia, 

 Ilesha {Humfrey), 1 S type. Exj). 14-16 mm. 



(13 h) Pi/ralls roseitincta, sp. n. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen white tinged with pale red- 

 brown. Fore wing white suffused with pale red-brown except 

 towards the costa and termen ; a curved white antemedial line 

 with a patch tinged with rose-pink before it except at costa and 

 inner margin ; a slight red-brown discoidal spot ; a sinuous white 

 postmedial line with a rose-pink shade beyond it. Hind wing 

 white suffused with pale red-brov/n except at termen ; a curved 

 white antemedial line ; a white postmedial line exeurved at middle 

 and above inner margin and with rose-pink shade beyond it. 

 Underside wliite tinged with rufous ; hind wing with curved white 

 postmedial line. - 



Huh. Bi{. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje {Neave), 1 S type. Exp. 

 14' mm. 



(IGf/) Pyralis tyrialis, sp. n. 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish ochreous, the head, 

 thorax, and two basal segments of abdomen sviffused with purplish 

 crimson ; palpi, legs, and venti'al surface of abdomen brownish 

 ochreous. Fore wing brownish ochreoiis suffused with purplish 

 crimson and slightly irrorated with dark brown ; a fine curved 

 white antemedial line ; a small black discoidal spot ; a white post- 

 medial line, exeurved at middle ; cilia \Vhite and blackish. Hind 

 wing brownish ochreous strongly suffused with purplish crimson 

 and irrorated with black ; indistinct curved white ante- and jiost- 

 medial lines denned by black scales ; a blackish terminal line ; cilia 

 blackish. Underside ochreous suffused and irrorated with brown. 



llah. Gold Coast, Bibianaha {Spurrell), 1 $ type. Exp. 

 IS mm. 



(16 <?) Pyralis phcenicealis, sp. n. 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous brown with a crimson 

 band on 2nd segment of abdomen ; palpi with some dark brown at 

 sides ; fore legs suffused with dark brown. Fore wing silky 

 ochreous brown ; the costal area irrorated with some dark scales, 

 the medial part of costa with series of black points and the 

 terminal part of costa glossy black ; t\\o indistinct crimson sub- 



