On new Species of Pyrali(la\ Ml 



XX XT. — Descriptions of new S/irries of Pyralidie of the 

 Sit/>f'(imili/ Pvraiistiiue. Bv Sir Gi:okge F. IIampsox, 

 Ikirt., F.Z.S.; &c. 



[Continued from p. 269.] 



(11 b) Nosophora bisexualis, sp. n. 



(J . Head and thorax pale fulvous ; palpi fuscous, with the 

 hair at extremity of second joint and on third joint black ; 

 extremities of fore femora and tibiie fuscous ; abdomen fus- 

 cous brown, the base pale fulvous, the ventral surface white. 

 Fore Aving pale fulvous suft'used with brown except the medial 

 part of costa and inner area; traces of a waved antcmedial 

 line ; a slij^ht yellowish spot in end of cell ; a semihyaline 

 white patch beyond the cell between veins 8 and 2 rather 

 constricted at middle and rounded below, defined except 

 above by brown, on outer side by the faint postmedial line, 

 which is retracted from its lower extremity to origin of 

 vein 2, then sinuous to inner margin; a fine pale line at base 

 of cilia, followed by a dark line. Hind wing ochreous 

 suffused with brown except basal and inner areas ; traces of 

 a dark postmedial line from costa to vein 2 ; a slight pale 

 line at base of cilia. 



$. Yellow tinged with fulvous; vertex of head white; 

 fore wing with the lower extremity of the hyaline patch more 

 produced, the lines more distinct : hind wing with round 

 semihyaline patch beyond the cell defined by brown except 

 above. 



Hab. Solomon Is., Bougainville (J/eeA), 1 c? , 1 ? type, 

 Exp. 28 mm. 



(1 a) Chalcidoptera trogobasalis, sp. n. 



Antennae with the base of shaft excised, then thicken: 1^ 

 angled, and curved upwards, the terminal part annulate. 



Ochreous white ; second joint of palpi tinged with fuscous 

 towards extremity ; thorax and abdomen dorsally spotted 

 with fuscous. Fore wing with curved subbasal fuscous line, 

 with ill-defined fuscous spots beyond it below costa, in cell, 

 and on inner margin ; a curved antcmedial line with spot 

 beyond it in cell ; the medial ])art of costa tinged with 

 rufous; a discoidal fuscous bar with a diffused line from it 

 joining the antcmedial line at inner margin; some diffused 

 brown spots beyond the cell between veins 7 and 2, bent 



