PyralidEe of the Suhfamily Pyralinse. 93 



side ; a terminal series of black -brown bars ; cilia with a red line 

 near base. Underside whitish suffused with red and irrorated with 

 dark brown ; both wings with slight dark discoidal striae and 

 diffused curved dentate postmedial line. 



Rab. Be. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje {Neave), 1 c? , 3 $ type. 

 Exp. 24 mm. 



(11 «) Bostra pyrocliroalis, sp. n. 



(? . Head, thorax, and abdomen bright fiery red ; the antennae 

 blackish excei^t at base ; the frons and palpi whitish, the latter 

 black at tips. Fore wing bright fiery red slightly irrorated with 

 blackish, especially before the anteraedial line and on terminal area ; 

 antemedial line whitish, excurved below costa, then slightly 

 incurved ; postmedial line whitish, slightly excurved beyond the 

 cell, then slightly incurved, both the lines faintly defined by 

 fuscous. Hind wing bright fiery red slightly irrorated with 

 blackish, especially on apical area; faint oblique whitish ante- and 

 postmedial lines slightly defined by fuscous and somewhat approxi- 

 mated towards inner margin. Underside of both wings witli 

 blackish discoidal point and curved white postmedial line ; fore 

 wing with series of white points on costa to the postmedial line. 



Hah. Be. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje {Neave), 1 S type. Exp. 

 14 mm. 



(10 J) Bostrajlavalis, sp. n. 



S ■ Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow with a faint olive tinge ; 

 palpi fuscous below ; tibiae with the spurs fuscous at base. Fore 

 wing yellow with a faint olive tinge ; antemedial hue formed by 

 slight black striae defined on iimer side by white, slightly sinuous ; 

 the medial pirt of costa with black and white points ; a slight 

 blackish discoidal strlga ; ]jostmedial line formed by black scales 

 defined on outer side by white, slightly exciirved below costa and 

 at middle and incurved at discal fold and below vein 3 ; a terminal 

 series of black striae ; cilia with some blackish at tips. Hind wing 

 yellowish white tinged with fuscous brown ; a curved fuscous post- 

 medial line slightly defined on outer side by white ; a terminal 

 series of blackish striae ; cilia with a slight brownish line near base. 

 Underside of fore wing suffused with brown except on inner area 

 to the postmedial line ; hind wing irrorated with brown ; a curved 

 dark postmedial line. 



Hub. Formosa, Kanshirei (Wneman),2 J type. Exp.lGTom. 



(19 c) Bosfro plioenicocraspis, sp. n. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen olive-yellow, the last tinged with 

 crimson at extremity ; antennae whitish tinged with brown ; fore 

 and mid tibiae and the hind tibiae at extremity crimson, the fore 

 legs and ventral surface of abdomen except towards base irrorated 

 with brown. Fore wing olive-j^ellow irrorated with a few red- 

 brown scales ; a faint red-brown antemedial line, oblique to sub- 



