Pyralidse of the Subfamily Pyraustiiise, 375 



femora and tibiic. Fore Aving silvery white ; small black-bvoAvii 

 spots on eosta at and near base, the latter followed by three or four 

 minute spots on costa ; an antemedial black point in the cell and 

 discoidal striga, the latter with a slight black-brown annulus above 

 it on costa ; a faint brownish ochreous line from origin of vein 2 to 

 inner margin ; a brownish ochreous shade beyond the cell ; post- 

 medial line ochreous brown with two black-brown striae at costa, 

 straight and erect to vein -i, then obsolete to submedian fold and 

 oblique to inner margin ; a black point at apex, elliptical brownish 

 ochreous patch on termen from apex to below vein 4 and black striga 

 before termen at vein 3 ; cilia tinged with ochreous brown except 

 at base. Hind wing silvery white ; a black discoidal bar ; post- 

 medial line with black spot at costa, then brownish ochreous, 

 straight to vein 4 where it is bent inwards and obsolescent, then 

 sinuous to inner margin ; a blackish striga on vein 3 before termen ; 

 a slight ochreous brown terminal line. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with the basal and subbasal black spots on 

 costa more developed but without the minute spots beyond the 

 latter, a minute spot above inner margin near base, the discoidal 

 mark an elliptical spot without the ochreous shade beyond it, the 

 oclxreous postmedial line diffused, the patch on termen not ex- 

 tending t)elow vein 6 ; hind wing with black discoidal spot. 



Ab. 2. Palpi with black band at extremity of 2nd joint ; abdomen 

 without the black spots ; fore wing without the minute black spots 

 beyond the subbasal spot on costa, the spot in cell and discoidal 

 spot ochreous brown, no ochreous shade beyond the cell. 



Sah. Peeu, Yahuarmayo, 2 6 type, San Domingo {OcJcenden), 

 3 cJ , 1 $ , La Oroya {Ockenden), 1 $ . Exp. 22-26 mm. 



(17 &) Pycnarmon diffusalis, sp. n. 



(S . Head and thorax white, the tegulse dorsally and patagia at 

 base with black-brown spots glossed with cupreous; abdomen 

 white with diffused cupreous brown bands ; pectus, legs, and ventral 

 sm-face of abdomen white, the fore legs tinged with cupreous 

 brown, the tibise darker. Fore w^ing silvery white ; black-brown 

 spots below costa at base and before middle and a subbasal spot 

 below the cell conjoined to a spot above inner margin ; a black- 

 brown spot in end of cell and spot below origin of vein 2 ; diffused 

 dark cupreous brown postmedial patches below costa and beyond the 

 cell, a patch beyond lower angle of cell between veins 5 and 2 and 

 an elongate patch on inner area conjohied to the spot below vein 2 ; 

 a black-brown spot below costa beyond the postmedial patches with 

 an oblique dark cupreous brown patch from below it at vein 7 to 

 medial part of termen with a band from it to tornus ; cilia dark 

 cupreous brown from vein 4 to tornus. Hind wing white tinged 

 wdth cupreous brown except the cell and basal costal area. 



Hah. Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mknge {Neave), 2 6 type. Exp. 

 14-16 mm. 



