On neu: Pyralidae of the Subfamily Pyraustinse. 123 



XV. — Descriptions of New Pyralidae of the Subfamily 

 Pyraustinse. By Sir George F. Hampson, Bart., F.Z.S., 

 &c. 



[Continued from ser. K , vol. xx. p. 3* I. 



(27 a) Pilocroeis metachrysias, sp. n. 



$ . Head and thorax black-brown glossed with silvery blue; 

 abdomen orange-yellow, the anal tuft black-brown at extremity 

 with a leaden gloss ; pectus, Legs, and ventral surface of abdomen 

 orange-yellow, the Bore tarsi black at extremities, the mid and hind 

 tarsi with black streaks below towards extremities. Fore wing 

 black-brown glossed with silvery blue to beyond end of cell and on 

 inner area to middle, the rest of wing glossed with purple. Hind 

 wing orange-yellow, the terminal area black-brown glossed with 

 purple, broadly at costa and narrowing to a point at termen 

 at vein 2 ; the underside with the costa purplish black-brown to 

 towards hase. 



Hab. Peru, Yahuarmayo, 1 J type. Exp. 3S mm. 



(31 a) Pilocroeis cupreinitens, sp. n. 



$ . Head and thorax dark brown with a bronze gloss ; abdomen 

 black-brown with whitish bands on basal segments, then with some 

 white irroration ; antenna,' black-brown; pectus and ventral surface 

 of abdomen ochreous white; legs cupreous brown, the tarsi banded 

 blackish and white. Fore wing dark brown glossed with brown; a 

 small whitish spot at base of cell ; a brownish white antemedial 

 spot from below costa to median nervure defined on each side by 

 black bars, then an oblique black line ; a brownish white medial 

 bar from below costa to median nervure defined on each side by 

 black lines, the line on its inner side continued to submedian fold; 

 a minute white spot in end of cell and a sinuous black line just 

 beyond the cell from below costa to vein 4; a broad whitish band 

 suffused with bronze-brown beyond the cell, extending to beyond 

 the postmedial line and below the cell to the line from the medial 

 bar; postmedial line black, excurved and waved from vein 6 to 3, 

 then bent inwards to below angle of cell and oblique to inner 

 margin ; cilia whitish tinged with bronze-brown and with blackish 

 line at middle. Hind wing white tinged with bronze-brown, the 

 terminal area broadly dark brown glossed with bronze; a quadrate 

 discoidal spot defined by black ; an oblique black shade from middle 

 of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line black, slightly bent inward 

 at vein 2, then oblique to inner margin, slightly diffused on inner 

 side at discal fold; cilia with white line at base and black line at 

 middle, the tips white mixed with hlack-brown. 



Sab. Jamaica (Jackson), 2 $ type. Exp. 36 mm. 



