Pyralidse of the Subfamily Pyraustinse. 269 



the fore femora above and tibiae at extremities suffused with brown. 

 Fore wing white tinged with brownish ochreous, the area before 

 the postmedial line and the terminal area suffused with brownish 

 ochreous ; a narrow brownish ochreous cliscoidal lunule ; postmedial 

 line rather diffused brownish ochreous defined on outer side by 

 white, slightly waved, incurved below vein 4; cilia with a series of 

 brownish bars near base. Hind wing white tinged with brownish 

 ochreous, the area before the postmedial line and the terminal area 

 suffused with brownish ochreous ; postmedial line rather diffused 

 brownish ochreous, bent outwards and slightly waved between 

 veins 5 and 2 ; cilia with a series of brownish bars near base to 

 vein 2. 



Hal. D'Entrecasteatjx Is., Fergusson I. (Meek), 1 6 type. 

 Exp. 30 mm. 



(80 a) Sylepta euryterni'malis, sp. n. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale yellow, the shoulders with 

 red-brown stripes, the abdomen tinged with red-brown except at 

 base ; antenna? cupreous brown ; palpi yellowish white, the 2nd 

 joint above obliquely, and the 3rd joint dark brown ; pectus, legs, 

 and ventral surface of abdomen yellowish white, the fore tibia? with 

 brown spot near extremity. Fore wing yellow, the costal area pale 

 red-brown to the postmedial line, the terminal area broadly red- 

 brown ; antemedial line pale rufous, excurved to vein 1 and incurved 

 above inner margin ; a small dark reddish brown spot in middle of 

 cell and oblique discoidal bar ; postmedial line dark reddish brown, 

 rather diffused, excurved between veins 5 and 2, then retracted 

 upwards to angle of cell and oblique and sinuous to inner margin, a 

 yellow patch beyond it from costa to vein 6. Hind wing yellow ; 

 a rather diffused reddish brown line from upper angle of cell _ to 

 above inner margin, rather dilated at end of cell ; postmedial line 

 strong, dark reddish brown, arising below costa, excurved from 

 vein 5 to 2, where it terminates ; the terminal area red-brown, its 

 inner edge oblique to vein 2 near termen, then dilated into a patch 

 in submedian interspace touching the postmedial line and not 

 extending below vein 1 ; cilia fed-brown except towards tornus. 



Hal, Formosa, Kanshirei (Wileman),l d type, %.32rani, 



(86 a) Sylepia rogationis, sp. n, 



Head Avhite, the antenna red-brown with a white spot on basal 

 joint, the frons tinged with red-brown, the palpi red-brown, white 

 in front at base ; thorax pale red-brown mixed with some white ; 

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

 ventral surface of abdomen white, the fore coxa?, femora, and tibia? 

 suffused with red-brown. Fore wing yellowish white, the costal 

 area to the postmedial line, the inner margin except towards base, 

 and the terminal area red-brown; a diffused incurved red-brown 

 subbasal line; antemedial line red-brown, oblique to median 



