Pyralidae of the Subfamily Pyraustinas. 1 _?7 



of abdomen except ai extremity yellowish white, the coxa* and 



i and tibiae al extremities black, the genital tufts yellow 



1 with rufous. Fun- wing dark brown with a strong cupr 



, the basal area and the costa to beyond middle with 



purple; an orange-yellow i costa al of cell nearly 



touching a rather oblique elliptical yellowish white discoidal spot. 



Hind wing dark brown with a cup s; a fine whitish lineal 



base of ciha. 



Al>. 1. Fore wing without the yellow spot above end of cell. 

 J/nfi. Cameroons, Ja 1!., Bitje (Bates), 3d type. Exp. 

 30 nun. 



(3a) Chalcidoptera orbidiscalis, sp. ri. 



Antennas of male thickened by a rid.. - near base ; hind 



til>i;i' short with a large tuft of hair above at extremity. 



<$ . Head and thorax yellowish white suffused with rufous; 

 abdomen pale grey-brown ; antennae whitish, blackish towards base; 

 pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white tinged with 

 rufous, the fore coxaa with black patches, the fore tibiae with black 

 hand at extremity, the mid femora at extremity and tibiae below 

 blackish, the tufts of hair on hind tibiae hlaek. Fore wing pale 

 red-brown, the terminal area grey-brown ; the medial part of costal 

 area yellow, conjoined to an oblique elliptical white spot in end of 

 cell; a round white postmedial patch between veins 7 and i -, a 

 yellow fascia on costal area towards apex conjoined to a yellowish 

 white subterminal spot below vein 8, followed by three small white 

 spots edged with yellow between veins 7 and 4 ; cilia glossy dark 

 brown. Hind wing uniform brown with a silvery gloss ; the under- 

 side brownish white with a curved brown postmedial line from costa 

 to vein 5 and dark terminal hand to below vein 3. 



Hub. Cameeoons, Ja R., Bitje (B^tes), 6 3 tvpe. Exp. 

 2G-30 mm. 



(8) Filodrs tenuimarginalis, sp. n. 



2 . Head brown ; thorax and abdomen pale orange-yellow ; an- 

 tenna' yellowish tinged with brown towards tips. Fore wing pale 

 orange-yellow, the costa tinged with hrown ; the terminal area 



I with hrown narrowing to a point at vein 2; cilia dark hrown 

 with a silvery gloss. Hind wing pale orange-yellow, the termen 

 narrowly and cilia dark brown with a silvery gl 



// ''. Celebes, Sai gir I. (Doherty), 1 $ type. Exp. 46 mm. 



(3 a) Dichogama diffusalis, sp. n. 



3 . Head and thorax greyish white; abdomen white slightly 

 ■1 with brown ; antennae tinged with red-brown ; pectus, legs, 



and ventral surface of abdomen silvery white, the fore tarsi hrown 



