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THE ANNALS 



AND 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



[NINTH SERIES.] 

 No. 20. AUGUST 1919. 



VIII. — Descriptions of New Pyralidae of the Subfamilies 

 Crambinse and Siginae. By Sir George P. Hampson 

 Bart., F.Z.S., &c. 



[Continued from vol. iii, p. 547.] 



(24) Diatrcea fiavilinealis, sp. n. 



6 ■ Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with dark brown, 

 the last with some fulvous yellow on dorsum towards base ; palpi' 

 pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen suffused with dark 

 brown. Fore wing white tinged with brown and irrorated with 

 rather large black-brown scales ; an orange-yellow line curved from 

 costa beyond middle to lower angle of cell, then oblique to middle 

 of inner margin ; an orange-yellow subterminal line ; cilia white at 

 base, with fuscous line near base, the tips yellowish mixed with 

 dark brown. Hind wing whitish suffused with pale reddish brown 

 the cilia whiter. Underside suffused with pale red-brown. 



Hal. Br. C. Africa, Mlanje Plateau, 6500' (Neave), 1 rf 

 type. Exp. 16 mm. 



(26) Diatrcea perpulverea, sp. n. 



S . Head and thorax white mixed with some dark reddish brown • 

 abdomen white tinged with brown ; antennae brown, white above ; 

 palpi reddish brown mixed with black. Fore wing white tinged 

 with reddish brown and thickly irrorated with dark brown ; 

 indistinct curved dark medial and subterminal lines ; a terminal 



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