Pyralidas of the Subfamily Pyraustinre. 187 



Germs Pachyzawla, insert _ 



Type. 



Psara, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xviii. p. 239 (1875) periusalis, 



which has priority. 



(la) Psara palpalis, sp. n. 



Palpi of male curved outwards and widely separated to near tips, 

 where they almost meet, fringed with hair above and below. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown tinged with grey, the 

 last with white segmental lines ; frons and palpi black-brown, the 

 latter fringed with white hair below to middle of 2nd joint ; pectus, 

 legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white tinged with red-brown, 

 the fore tibise with black band at extremity. Fore wing white 

 suffused with fuscous brown, the costal area and terminal area 

 broadly fuscous brown tinged with grey ; antemedial line blackish, 

 oblicpie to median nervure ; a small blackish spot in middle of 

 cell and discoidal bar; postmedial line blackish defined on outer 

 side by white, erect to vein 5, then excurved to below vein 3, where 

 it is retracted to below end of cell, then oblique to inner margin ; 

 a fine whitish line at base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown 

 tinged with grey ; an oblique blackish discoidal bar ; postmedial 

 line blackish defined on outer side by whitish, bent outwards and 

 slightly waved between veins 5 and 2 ; a slight blackish terminal 

 line and white line at base of cilia. 



Sab. Cameroons, Ja P., Bitje (Bates), 2 cT , 4 $ ; Be. C. 

 Africa, Mt. Mlanje (Neave), 1 <S type. Exp. 2G-32 mm. 



(lb) Psara barb i palpalis, sp. n. 



Palpi of male with the second joint fringed with very long hair 

 in front. 



6 • Head and thorax pale glossy grey-brown ; abdomen whitish 

 tinged with pale red-brown and with slight dark segmental lines, 

 the extremity tinged with fuscous, the genital tufts white ; paljji 

 darker brown, white at base, the hair in front of 2nd joint reddish 

 brown ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white, the 

 fore tibiae with black band at extremity. Fore wing pale glossy 

 grey-brown ; a rather oblicpie dark antemedial line ; a slight dark 

 discoidal lunule ; postmedial line dark, slightly excurved to below 

 vein 3, then retracted to lower angle of cell and erect to inner 

 margin. Hind wing pale glossy grey-brown ; an oblique dark 

 discoidal bar ; postmedial slight, dark, curved, incurved at vein 2 ; 

 cilia white with a brown line near base ; the underside white faintly 

 tinged with brown. 



Sab. Colombia, Don Amo (S. S. Smith), 1 S type. Exp. 

 22 mm. 



(20 5) Psara normal is, sp. n, 



6 . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey-brown with a faint 

 reddish tinge, the last with whitish segmental lines ; palpi darker 



