Pyralidse of the Subfamily Crambinee. 67 



below the hook ; cilia white at base, red-brown at tips and with 

 black line near base to the hook. Hind wing white faintly tinged 

 with red-brown. Underside suffused with red-brown. 



Hub. Sierra Leone, Mano {Dudgeon), 1 $ ; Gold Coast 

 {Dudgeon), 1 $ ; S. Nigeria, Lagos {Dudgeon), 2 $, Old Calabar 

 {Miss Kingsleg, Sampson), 2 <$ , 1 j , Warri Distr. {Clay don), 

 1 $ ; N. Nigeria, Borgu, Yelwa L. {ILigeod), 1 $ . Exp. 

 18-22 mm. 



Genus Parancyla, nov. 



Type, P. argyrothysana. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi downcurved, extending about 

 the length of head and thickly scaled ; maxillary palpi dilated with 

 scales ; f rons smooth, with ridge of scales above ; antennae of male 

 laminate and minutely ciliated. Fore wing rather long and narrow, 

 the apex rounded, the termen somewhat excised below discal fold ; 

 vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from 

 below upper angle ; 7 from angle; 8, 9 stalked; 10, 11 from cell, 

 the latter becoming coincident with 12. Hind wing with veins 

 3 and 5 from angle of cell, 4 absent ; 6 obsolescent from well 

 below upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with 7. 



In key differs from Surattha in vein 11 becoming coincident 

 with 12. 



Parancyla argyrothysana, sp. n. 



6 . Head white, the antennae blackish except above, the palpi 

 tinged with brown and slightly irrorated with black, the tips black ; 

 thorax white tinged with red-brown and slig-htly irrorated with black; 

 abdomen white tinged with red-brown; pectus, legs, and ventral sur- 

 face of abdomen white tinged with red-brown. Fore wing white 

 tinged with red-brown and irrorated with black ; a small rather 

 annulate blackish discoidal spot ; a metallic silver subterminal line 

 defined on inner side by a pale rufous line, slightly excurved below 

 costa ; the terminal area rather whiter with a terminal series of black 

 points ; cilia metallic silver, tinged with brown at tips. Hind 

 wing white tinged with red-brown, the cilia whiter. Underside 

 white tinged with red-brown. 



5 . More strongly suffused with red-brown. 



Hob. Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje {Neave), 4 <$ , 4 $ type, 

 Ruo Valley {Neave), 1 ? . Exp., 6 22, $ 32-38 mm. 



(lrt) Surattha africalis, sp. n. 



J . White irrorated with fuscous ; branches of antennae blackish, 

 Fore wing with a subbasal series of patches of black scales between 

 the veins ; a medial sinuous white line defined by black on either 

 ■ side ; a prominent white discoidal spot with black suffusion be- 

 tween it and the medial line ; a subterminal minutely waved black 

 line obtusely angled at middle and with a diffused brown line parallel 



