406 On new Pyralidse of the Subfamily Pyraastinae. 



(139 5) Pyrausta auricinctalis, sp. n. 



$ . Head and tegulas orange-yellow, the latter with some dark 

 brown dorsally ; thorax dark brown mixed with yellow ; abdomen 

 dark purplish brown, the two terminal segments orange-yellow, the 

 genital tut'ts paler yellow ; antennae brown, orange-yellow towards 

 base ; pectus and legs yellowish tinged with brown. Fore wing 

 dark purple-brown ; the base orange-yellow ; the costal edge orange- 

 yellow to a medial orange-yellow band from costa to above vein 1, 

 rounded below, the costa beyond it orange-yellow; an orange- 

 yellow terminal band with curved inner edge ; cilia orange-yellow 

 at base, whitish at tips. Hind wing dark purplish brown ; an orange- 

 vellow terminal band, the inner edge slightly incurved at submedian 

 fold ; cilia orange-yellow, whitish at tips. 



Hab. Br. E. Africa, N. Kavirondo, Maramas Distr., Ilala 

 (ISfeave), 1 6 type. Exp. 18 mm. 



(8«) Pegostoma subteniiinalis, sp. n. 



6 ■ Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with reddish 

 brown ; antennae brown ; palpi dark brown, white below ; pectus, 

 legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white mixed with dark 

 brown. Fore wing white, the basal area and costal area to apex 

 tinged with red-brown ; a red-brown subterminal band, its inner 

 edge incurved below vein 5 and slightly angled outwards above 

 vein 1 ; cilia pale red-brown. Hind wing pale red-brown. Under- 

 side white suffused with red-brown. 



Hab. Orange R. Colony, Bloemfontein (Eckersley), 1 S type. 

 Exp. 16 mm. 



(4 a) Noctuelia anartalis, sp. n. 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with some 

 white ; antennae dark brown ; palpi dark brown, the basal joint 

 white ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white mixed 

 with dark brown. Fore wing red-brown mixed with white and 

 slightly irrorated with dark brown ; an oblique black-brown line 

 defined on inner side by white from upper part of cell towards 

 extremity to inner margin ; some diffused blackish beyond upper 

 angle of cell ; postmedial line white defined on inner side by a fine 

 slightly dentate black-brown line, incurved below vein 4 and 

 slightly angled outwards below submedian fold ; a diffused sinuous 

 whitish subterminal band indented by a wedge-shaped dark mark 

 from termen above vein 1 ; cilia white with a brown line near base 

 and some brown at tips. Hind wing orange-yellow, the costal 

 area white ; some dark brown irroration along vein 1 ; a narrow 

 red-brown terminal band, ending in a point at submedian fold, its 

 inner edge slightly waved ; cilia brown, white at tips. Underside 



