Pyralidje of the Suhfamily Pyraustina}. 377 



CDxa3 with wliite patches; tarsi white, the fore tarsi brown at 

 exti'emities, the mid and hind tarsi with the basal joint brown ; 

 ventral surface of abdomen with the basal segments white. Fore 

 wing black-brown with a cupreous gloss ; a round white spot in 

 middle of cell and conjoined rather eUij^tical spots in and below the 

 cell before extremity ; a postmedial series of five small conjoined 

 white spots between veins 8 and 3, incurved below vein 7 ; cilia 

 whitish and brown with a black line near base. Hind wing black- 

 brown with a cupreous tinge ; a white discoidal bar ; cilia whitish 

 and brown \\At\\ a black line near base. 



Hah. Venezuela, Esteban Valley, Las Quiguas, 1 S type. 

 Exp. 22 mm. 



(13 «) Pagyda retractilinea, sp. n. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen white ; paljn tinged with golden 

 brown except in front. Fore wing white, the costal and terminal 

 areas with a faint ochreous tinge ; a cm-ved yellow-brown ante- 

 medial line ; a slight brown mark in middle of cell and discoidal 

 bar ; postmedial line yellow-brown, rather obUque to vein 5, then 

 erect to below vein 3, then retracted to lower angle of cell and 

 rather oblique to inner margin ; a curved rather indistinct and 

 diffused yellow-bvown subterminal line, somewhat dentate between 

 veins 6 and 2 ; a fine yellow-brown terminal line. Hind Aving 

 white, the terminal area with a faint ochreous tinge ; postmedial 

 line 3'ellow-brown, straight and erect to below vein 3, then re- 

 tracted to lower angle of cell and rather oblique to inner margin ; 

 a cui'ved yellow-brown subterminal line, incurved at vein 3 to the 

 angle of the postmedial line and endmg at tonius ; a fine yellow- 

 brown terminal line except towards tornus ; cilia tinged with 

 yellow except at tips. 



Hah. Be. E. Afeica,- Nairobi {Anderson), 1 5 tvpe. Exp. 

 22 mm. 



(18 ff) Pagyda atriplagiata, sp. n. 



f? . Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white ; the teguloe 

 dorsally and patagia at base with black-brown spots, the patagia at 

 extremities bkck-brown and the dorsum of thorax suffused with 

 black-brown ; abdomen dorsally suffused with black on medial 

 segments and at extremity ; palpi with the 2ud joint black-brown 

 behind ; fore tibiie with black bands at extremity and the tarsi 

 ringed with black. Fore vring ochreous yellow; a' rather broad 

 black-brown band near base and almost medial band somewhat 

 dilated above inner margin ; a black-brown discoidal bar ; a wedge- 

 shaped postmedial black-brown patch from costa to discal fold and 

 a rather conical patch from vein 4 to inner margin near tornus ; a 

 rather elliptical black-brown band from apex to vein 4 before 

 termen ; a fine black terminal line from apex to vein 6 ; cilia brown 

 except at base towards apex. Hind wing ochreous white ; a black 



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