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in the $ ; a faint discal dot ; a faint waved sub-marginal line ; a series of purple points on 

 outer margin ; cilia basally purple, distally yellow. Hind wing darker than fore wing ; 

 traces of a lighter central fascia ; a series of purple marginal points ; cilia as in fore wing. 

 Expanse: $ 20 mm.; $18 mm. 



This species was first discovered by Fletcher who refrained from describing it on 

 account of the poor condition of his specimens. It is closely related to E. mesenterialis 

 but differs constantly in the ^ sex, (l) by being-darker in colour than the darkest variety 

 of mesenterialis, (2) in the width of the fascia on the fore and hind wing. The $ of the 

 two species resemble each other closely but the $ flavo-fascialis is to be distinguished 

 by its duller and more fuscous colour and by the indistinctness of the markings. 



Seychelles; Mahe ; Silhouette, 800— 1000 ft., 9^, 15?. 



156. Pyralis manihotalis Guen., Delt. et Pyr., p. 121. 



Seychelles; Mahe, up to 800 ft., 8 specimens (2 dwarfs, half normal size). Aldabra, 

 12 specimens. Neo-tropical, African (?), Oriental and Australian regions. 



157. Pyralis farinalis (Linn.); Stand., Cat. Lep. Pal., ii, p. 45. 

 Seychelles ; Praslin (Valhalla). Not found in present collection. 



158. Hypsopygia mauritialis (Boisd.), Faun. Ent. Madag., Lep., p. 119. 

 Seychelles: Mahe; Silhouette; Bird; 10 specimens, 2 dwarfs, half normal size. 



Madagascar, China, India, Burma, Java, Sumatra, Celebes. 



159. Hymenoptychis sordida ZeU., Stockh. K. Vet.-Ak. Handl., 1852, p. 65. 

 Aldabra. 7 <?, 2 ? ; common in the mangrove swamps, never found elsewhere. The 



larva probably feeds on the mangroves Rhizophora, Bruguiera and Ceriops. S. Africa, 

 Calcutta, Ceylon, Rangoon, Malacca, Borneo, Marshall and EUice Islands. 



100. Bradina aureolalis Joann., Bull. Soc. Ent. France, 1899, p. 198. 

 Seychelles : Mah^ and Silhouette, 24 specimens ; Praslin (Fletcher). The ? is 

 sometimes much suftused with fuscous. 



161. DiatJiraustodes leucotrigona Hamps., Moths Ind., iv, p. 233. 

 Seychelles: Silhouette, 1000 ft., a single worn $ which in the absence of better 



material I refer to the above species. India (Nilgiris). 



162. Sufetida minimalis Fletcher, Trans. Liim. Soc. London, ser. 2, Zool., xiii, 

 1910, p. 301. 



Seychelles: Mahe; Silhouette; Felicite ; coast to 1500 ft., 43 s])ecimens. Coetivy. 



163. Zinckenia fascialis (Cram.), Pap. Exot., iv, p. 236; Hamps., Moths Ind., 

 iv, p. 262. 



Seychelles : Mah^ and Dennis, 1 3. Aldabra, 4. Tropical regions. 



164. Eurrhyparodes mcoloralis (Zell.), Stockh. K. Vet.-Ak. llandl., 1852, p. 31; 

 Hamps., Moths Ind., iv, p. 264. 



Seychelles : Mahe ; Silhouette ; Dennis, 28 specimens. Africa, Mauritius, India, 

 Ceylon, islands of Indian (Jcean, Java, Australia. 



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