212 Sir G. F. Hampson on nei 



XX Vr. — Vescriptiuns of new Species o/Pyralidse of the Sub- 

 family Pyraustinae. By Sir George F. Hampson, Bart., 

 F.Z S., &c. 



[Continued from p. 174.] 

 (8 a) Desmia stenoleuca, sp. n. 



Antennte of male not excised but with scale tectli above 

 and below beyond middle. 



^ . Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown ; palpi white 

 at base ; pectus white ; legs black and white ; abdomen with 

 the ventral surface white and with two white streaks on anal 

 segment above and below. Fore wing dark brown : a white 

 medial bar from below costa to below the cell, its outer edge 

 slightly expanding in and below cell, a small white spot be- 

 yond it below vein 2 and a triangular spot on inner margin ; 

 a postmedial white bar from costa to vein 4, its outer edge 

 bidentate ; cilia white with a black line near base. Hind 

 wing dark brown ; an oblique narrow wedge-shaped white 

 medial band from costa to vein 1 ; cilia white with a black 

 line near base. 



Hub. W. Colombia, Jimincz, 1 ^ type. Exp. 26 mm. 



(10 a) Desmia melanopalis, sj). n. 



^■Jidiodes ploralis, Drace, Biol. Centr.-Am., Ilet. ii. p. 262 (part.), nee 

 Guen. 



(^ . Black-brown ; palpi white at base and whitish in 

 front ; f rons with lateral white lines ; throat white : fore 

 tibiai at base and mid femora at extremity and the tarsi 

 white ; abdomen with white dorsal band on second segment, 

 theventral surface banded with white on basal half. Forewiug 

 with white medial band from below costa to vein 1, expanding 

 in cell and with white point beyond it below vein 2; a lunu- 

 late white postmedial patch from below costa to below vein 4 ; 

 cilia with fine white line at base and white tips towards 

 tornus. Hind wing with oblique medial white band, nar- 

 rowing towards inner margin, confluent below costa with a 

 whitish streak above vein 6 emitting a slight semicircular 

 mark below vein G defining the outer edge of a round black 

 spot confluent below with the dark terminal area, the outer 

 edge of band irregular; cilia with fine white line at base and 

 white tips between veins 2 and 1. 



Hab. Costa Rica, CandelariaMts. (r«r/(?r/roo(/), 1 (^ type. 

 Godman-Salvin Coll. Ea^. 28 mm. 



