PyralidflB of the SuhfamiJy Crambin.'e. Ml* 



with rod-brown ; {K»ctiiB. lojjs. nnd vciitml Hurface of abdomen whito 

 tinptnl with nifous. Kiirc win^ whitish siifFnw'd with red-brown ; 

 a mtht-r ditTused thirlc n'd-bn»wn fast-ia In-low nie<iian nervure to 

 just beyond end of eell and a few black-brown scales beyond the 

 cell ; n terminal series of miimte black sjMit.s with silvery white 

 j>oints in centres ; cilia silvery white with a red-brown line at Iwise. 

 Hind wini; white, the costil arr-a tinured with red-brown ; a ri'd- 

 brown terminal line from a|H'x to vein 2. I'ndei-side of fore wing 

 and costal area of hind wiiii; sufTnsu<l with retl-hrnwn. 



II III). Bknoai,, Patna, 2 6 tyjx*. Exp. 24 mm. 



Ltirva in suj^^ar-canc 



(20^). Ar^fyria sticticrasiiis, sj». n. 



2 . Head and thorax fjroyish ochreons suffused with red-brown ; 

 palpi irronited with dark brown ; ahdomen ^^reyish oehrectus with 

 some nifous at base of dorsiun ; jH-ctus, lei^s. and ventral sm-face of 

 abdomen white tini^jed with ochreous bi-own. Fore win^; ^revish 

 ochreous suffusiil with red-brown, the eell and areas just below 

 and beyond it irrorated with darker rv-d-brown ; a curved post- 

 medial series of small red-brown spots in the interspaces from below 

 costa to alK)ve vein 1 ; a terminal series of minute black sjMjts 

 defined on inner side by slight white sj>ots ; cilia with slight red- 

 bn)wn lines near V)ase and at middle. Hind wing pure white. 

 Underside of fore wing white tinged with rufous. 



Huh. Mauhas, Coimbatore {B. Fletcher), 1 $ type. Exp. 

 3U mm. 



Larva in sugar-cane. 



(20 k) Argyria coniorfa, sp. n. 



cf • Head and thorax i)ale red-brown ; antenn:e ringed black 

 and white ; palj)i whitish mixed with dark brown ; abdomen 

 whitish dorsally suffused with brown towards base ; ])ectus, legs, 

 and ventral surface of abdomen white tinged with red-brown. 

 Fore wing pale red-bnnvn mixed with some whitish and irrorated 

 with blackish especially along median nervure and in and hevond 

 end of cell ; a medial series of slight black 8]>ots, incurved below 

 the cell and sometimes reduced to the spot Ix'low the cell ; two 

 blackish discoidil points, the lower one sometimes defined on outer 

 side by white ; a more or le.ss distinct curved blackish sid>tenninal 

 line ; a tenninal series of minute black sjK)ts delined on inner side 

 by minute white spirts ; cilia with two dark lines through them. 

 Hind wing almost jmre white. I'nderside of fore wing and the 

 costal area of hind wing suffused with reddish brown. 



JIab. SiKKiM, 1S0(»' {Dinfyeon), 1 rf ; Benuai., Behar, Pu.sa, 

 4 cf type. Exp. 20-2(5 mm. 



Larva in sugar-cane. 



(2(1/) Aryyriu aryyropatta, sp. n. 

 cJ . Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some dark brown ; 

 alxlomen white tinged with brown ; pectus, legs, and ventral 



