Species of Pyralidse. 521 



wing golden yellow, with ratiier diffused, curved, fuscous 

 postmcdial line from costa to snbaicdiaii fold ; some fuscous 

 suffusion at apex ; a slight blackish terminal line ; cilia 

 fuscous at base, whitish at tips ; the underside with the 

 costal area tinged with rufous. 



IJab. Natal, Estcourt (Hutc/iitison), 1 ? ; Cape Colony, 

 Trauskei {Miss F. Barrett), 1 (^ , Kokstad (Mj'S. Pringle), 

 1 (S type. Exp. cJ 28 mm. 



(50 a) Phhjctcenodes pictalis, sp. n. 



(J. Head and thorax pale yellow; tegulae and patagia 

 with blood-red fascia on outer edge; palpi blackish, white at 

 base ; pectus and legs fuscous mixed with whitish ; abdomen 

 whitish suffused with fuscous. Fore wing pale sulphur- 

 yellow ; the costal area with blood-red fascia to beyond 

 middle, expanding into a patch beyond cell, the costal edge 

 blackish ; a slight blood-red streak in cell from middle to 

 extremity, with an elongate black and silvery spot on it at 

 middle of cell and small Ijlack and silvery discoidal lunule ; 

 a blood-red streak below the cell from before middle to extre- 

 mity ; an ol)lique incurved black and silvery medial line from 

 below cell to inner margin, defined on each side by blood- 

 red ; postmcdial line black and silvery, very oblique, from 

 costa near apex to inner margin, with blood-red band on its 

 outer edge, irrorated with black towards apex ; a fine black 

 terminal line ; cilia blood-red. Hind wing yellowish white 

 tinged with brown ; a curved fuscous postmcdial line from 

 costa to vein 1, with the area beyond it brown ; a fine black 

 terminal line ; cilia whitish tinged with red. Underside of 

 fore wing with the costal half suffused with fuscous brown, a 

 diffused fuscous-brown subterminal band. 



Hab, C. Colony, Rosmead (Jubi/), 1 ^ type. Exp. 

 22 mm. 



(50 b) Phlyctanodes euprepialis, sp. n. 



Head and thorax sulphur-yellow ; palpi at tips, a bar 

 across frons, and antennae black ; thorax with blackish dorsal 

 fascia ; pectus blackish ; fore legs white in front, black 

 behind ; mid and hind legs fuscous at base, the tibise and 

 tarsi whitish ; abdomen white slightly tinged with rufous 

 and with black segmental bands, the ventral surface blackish. 

 Fore wing sulphur-yellow ; a red costal fascia to beyond 

 middle ; antemedial line black and silvery, from submedian 

 fold to inner margin dentate; black and silvery points at 

 middle of cell and on discocellulars ; postmcdial line black 



