Pyralidse of the Subfamily Orambinae. lf>3 



female almost simple. Fore wing very long and narrow, the costa 

 arched, the apex produced to an acute point, the termen very 

 oblique ; the cell long ; vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 4, 5 

 from angle ; 6 from well below upper angle ; 7 from just below 

 the angle ; 8, 9 stalked; 10, 11 from cell, 11 anastomosing with 12. 

 Hind wing with the cell long ; vein 3 from well before angle of 

 cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7 slightly 

 anastomosing with 8. 



In key differs from Charltona in the fore wing having the apex 

 produced and acute, vein 11 anastomosing with 12. 



Prionotalis peracutella, sp. n. 



$ . Head and thorax whitish tinged with pale pink ; abdomen 

 white faintly tinged with red-brown; pectus, legs, and ventral 

 surface of abdomen white faintly tinged with red-brown. Fort- 

 wing whitish suffused with pale pink, the terminal half of costa 

 deeper pink; a small dark brown spot below the cell near base, 

 slight antemedial marks formed by dark scales below costa and 

 cell, a similar medial bar below costa, spots below the cell 

 and above vein 1, and spots in and beyond upper angle of cell ; a 

 double curved postmedial series of slight dark spots on the veins ; 

 a terminal series of black points; cilia dark brown mixed with 

 some whitish. Hind wing silvery white ; the underside with the 

 costal area slightly tinged with ochreous. 



Hab. Gold Coast, Sekondi, 1 ? ; N. Nigeria, Zungeru (Simp- 

 son), 1 § type; Br. C. Africa, Zomba {Kendall). Exp. 36 mm. 



(6«) Charltona rufalis, sp. n. 



6 . Head and thorax whitish suffused with rufous ; abdomen 

 golden brown ; palpi and legs golden brown, the fore legs darker. 

 Fore wing brownish rufous mixed with whitish ; a white streak in 

 base of cell continued along median nervure and on bases of veins 

 4, 3, defined by a dark brown streak below basal half of cell and a 

 dark streak above from middle of cell ; an ill-defined white spot 

 at upper angle of cell and some diffused white above inner margin 

 before middle ; short blackish streaks in the interspaces at termen ; 

 cilia with some whitish mixed. Hind wing dark glossy reddish 

 brown, the cilia paler with a fine whitish line at base. Underside 

 uniform dark glossy reddish brown. 



$ . Abdomen Avith the anal tuft fulvous yellow ; fore wing paler 

 rufous irrorated with elongate dark brown scales. 



Hab. Madras, Nilgiris, Ouchterlony Valley (Andreives), 2 J , 

 3 5 type ; Travancore, Trivandrum (Fergusson), 1 $ . Exp., 

 d 40*, $ 54 mm. 



(7 a) Charltona endothermalis, sp. n. 



5 . Head and thorax pale ochreous white mixed with red-brown ; 

 abdomen pale ochreous tinged with red-brown except at base ; palpi 

 red-brown except above; legs suffused with red-brown. Fore wing 

 ochreous white, the costal area slightly tinged with red-brown, the 



Ann. <& Mag. -N. Hist. Ser. 9. Vol. iv. 12 



