Pyralidre of the Subfamily Siginoe. 321 



(3 b) Schoenobius ignitalis, sp. n. 



3 ■ Head and thorax rufous mixed with dark brown ; abdomen 

 silky whitish, dorsally tinged with rufous towards base ; pectus, 

 legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish, suffused with rufous. 

 Fore wing fiery rufous, the costal half suffused with dark brown ; 

 a small black spot at lower angle of cell and smaller spot at upper 

 angle ; antemedial and medial points in submedian fold ; a 

 maculate black line from apex to submedian fold below end of cell ; 

 a terminal series of strong black points. Hind wing silky white 

 with a slight brownish tinge ; a terminal series of black points to 

 vein 2 ; cilia ochreous. Underside of fore wing ochreous tinged 

 with brown, the oblique line from apex indistinct and diffused ; 

 hind wing ochreous white, an indistinct diffused oblique brownish 

 line from apex to vein 2. 



5 . Fore wing without the black spot from upper angle of cell, 

 the oblique line from apex indistinct and diffused. 



Sab. Transvaal, White R. (Cooke), 1 3, 1 $ type; Natal, 

 Durban (Queckett, Marley, Leigh, Clark), 7 $ • Exp., 6 32, 

 2 34-44 mm. 



(7 5) Schoenobius attenuata, sp. n. 



<$ . Very slender; fore wing very long and narrow. White; head, 

 thorax, abdomen, and fore wing tinged with ochreous. Fore wing 

 irrorated with large dark brown scales ; a fine dark terminal line. 

 Hind wing nearly pure white. 



Hub. Natal, Kiinbolton (Hutchinson), 2 <5 type. Exp. 16 mm. 



(7 c) Schoenobius micralis, sp. n. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen white tinged with ochreous 

 brown ; antennae fuscous ; palpi, pectus, legs, and ventral surface 

 of abdomen white, the palpi and legs tinged with fuscous. Fore 

 wing white suffused with brownish ochreous. Hind wing white 

 with a slight ochreous tinge. Underside white suffused with 

 brownish ochreous. 



Sab. C. China, Fokien, Ting-hai (de la Garde), 2 <$ type. 

 E.vp. 16 mm. 



(llffl) Schoenobius semifuscalis, sp. n. 



3 . Head and thorax fuscous brown with a slight cupreous tinge, 

 the vertex of head with some whitish ; abdomen white tinged with 

 rufous ; fore and mid legs red-brown, the hind legs whitish. Fore 

 wing glossy fuscous brown tinged with rufous especially on inner 

 half ; a small black spot at lower angle of cell ; a terminal series of 

 black points ; cilia with some whitish mixed and a punctiform 

 blackish line at middle. Hind wing glossy white with a slight red- 

 brown tinge, the terminal area more strongly suffused with reddish 



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