Genera and Species o/'Pyralidai 135 



Gnamptorhiza, gen. nov. 



Fore wings elongate ; costa straight till shortly before 

 apex ; apex produced, subacute ; hind margin sinuous, in- 

 dented below apex, bowed outwards opposite second and third 

 medians, very oblique below ; anal angle obtuse. Hind 

 wings with angles rounded and hind margin curved, slightly 

 swollen in middle. Antennas finely pubescent; the basal 

 joint enlarged, with a small tooth and scales in front, the 

 lower fifth of the shaft incurved ; labial palpi thick, upcurved, 

 short, the terminal joint small; maxillary palpi slender, 

 insignificant ; ocelli invisible ; tongue present ; legs slender ; 

 hind tibia with four spurs. Neuration normal. 



Type Gnamptorhiza multiplicalis, sp. n. 



Gnamptorhiza multiplicalis, sp. n. 



Fore wings straw-colour, with the markings deep reddish 

 brown ; costa broadly brown-red to apex, in the centre finely 

 ochreous ; marginal line thick, red ; all the veins rather 

 bright red ; base red-brown, angulated ; first line sinuous 

 outwards to near middle of inner margin, red-brown, swollen 

 between the veins ; an oblique red-brown spot in cell beyond 

 it and a large oblique quadrate spot on discocellular ; second 

 line very wavy, forms a blunt angle outwards opposite the 

 cell, three rounded teeth over the medians, runs in along the 

 third median, making that vein doubly thick, to the median 

 inside of the discal spot, then vertical with two blotched 

 curves to inner margin, where it unites with first line ; a wavy 

 interrupted red subterminal line, which forms a red-brown 

 blotch on costa before apex and another at anal angle ; fringes 

 ochreous, mottled with reddish, and altogether reddish brown 

 near anal angle. Hind wings with a large subquadrate red- 

 brown central spot, the inner end of which is prolonged along 

 the submedian fold ; exterior line distinct only in the middle, 

 not reaching costa nor going beyond the submedian fold ; 

 marginal line much swollen ; veins reddish in the middle of 

 the wing towards hind margin ; a longitudinal reddish blotch 

 above the anal angle ; fringe deep red-brown, except between 

 the submedian fold and vein 1, which interval is without 

 marks to the base. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous, 

 spotted and suffused with red-brown ; the patagia, which are 

 well developed, wholly red-brown ; basal one fifth of antenna? 

 thickened, red-brown, the rest ochreous ; palpi red- brown. 

 Underside paler, suffused with rosy, with the markings much 



