Pyralidse of the Suhfamily Pyralinae. 73 



piirplish pink, the abdomen suffused with purplish pink and irro- 

 rated with black except at extremity; pectus, legs, and ventral 

 sui'face of abdomen ochreous A'^ellow. Fore wing ochreous yellow 

 tinged with purplish pink and slightly irrorated with dark scales, 

 the medial area and termen almost clear ochreous ; antemedial lins 

 yellow slightly defined on outer side by brownish, curved; a blackish 

 point at upper angle of cell ; postmedial line yellow slightly deiined 

 on inner side by brownisli, slightl}^ excurved at middle and incurved 

 at submedian fold. Hind wing yellowish suffused with purplish 

 pink and irrorated with blackish ; waved whitish medial and post- 

 medial lines ; a terminal series of small blackish spots except 

 towards tornus. Underside ochreous tinged with brown ; both 

 wings with indistinct pale sinuous ante- and postmedial lines defined 

 by brownish ; fore wing vvuth slight dark discoidal spot. 



Hah. Be. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje {Ncave), 1 $ tvpe. JEx^. 

 20 mm. 



(3 f^) Tef/ulifera pallidalis, sp. n. 



6 . Head and thorax ochreous tinged with reddish ; abdomen 

 ochreous faintly tinged with purplish red and slightly irrorated 

 with brown ; fore and mid legs suffused with red-brown. Fore 

 wing pale ochreous slightly irrorated with brown, the terminal area 

 tinged with purplish pink ; a series of slight dark points on costa ; 

 a slight dark discoidal spot ; a straight pale ochreous postmedial 

 line defined on inner side by brown and on outer by the pink 

 terminal area ; a terminal series of dark points ; cilia brownish 

 ochreous. Hind wing ochreous white; a rather punctiforra brown- 

 ish terminal line except towards tornus ; cilia ochreous, tinged with 

 brown towards apex. Underside ochreous white ; fore wing with 

 the costal and terminal areas tinged with pinkish, some i^ale points 

 on costa towards base, a small brown discoidal spot, the postm.edial 

 line indistinct, whitish ; hind wing with the costa deeper ochreous, 

 an oblique brown postmedial line from costa to di^cal fold. 



Hab. Ugais'DA, Gondotroro (^Reynes-Cole), 1 J type. Exp. 

 20 mm. 



(4 a) Tegulifera hostralis, sp. n. 



5 . Head and thorax ochreous suffused with red- brown ; abdo- 

 men ochreous irrorated with black-brown; legs, suffused with 

 red-brown ; ventral surface of abdomen tinged with reddish. Fore 

 wing with the basal and terminal areas red-brown, the medial area 

 ochreous slightly irrorated with brown, more thickly towards costa; 

 a pale antemedial line defining the basal area ; some pale points 

 on medial part of costa ; a small black discoidal spot ; postmedial 

 line pale, oblique, slightly exeurved at middle, then incurved ; a 

 terminal series of small blackish spots and a pale line at base of 

 cilia. Hind wing ochreous tinged with red-brown, the terminal 

 half suffused with pale red-brown ; an indistinct sinuous dark 

 medial line defined on outer side by ochreous ; a terminal series of 

 blackish bars ; cilia red-bi'own with a pale line at base. Underside 



