Pyialidae of the Subfamily Pyraustinae. 2(jl 



at base. Hind wing glossy grey-brown, tbc cilia with a line white 

 line at base. 



Hub. Bismaeck Arch., Rook I. (Meek), 1 6 type. Exp. 

 3S nun. 



(50 d) Sylepta subcya?ieoalba, sp. n. 



6 . Head, thorax, and abdomen dark glossy brown ; palpi white 

 at base ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white, the 

 legs tinged with brown, the fore tibia? brown except at extremity. 

 Fore wing very dark brown glossed with purple ; a faint rather 

 diffused dark antemedial line; an indistinct dark discoidal bar; 

 postmedial line faint, dark and rather diffused, erect to vein 3, 

 then retracted to below end of cell and erect to inner margin ; a 

 Blight pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing very dark brown 

 glossed with purple ; traces of a dark discoidal spot and diffused 

 postmedial line ; a slight pale line at base of cilia. Underside of 

 fore wing with the basal area white tinged with blue except at 

 costa ; hind wing white tinged with blue, the terminal area brown 

 to vein 3, the cilia brown. 



$ . Much paler and greyer brown, the wings with the markings 

 more distinct. 



Hob. Camebooxs, Ja 11., Bitje {Bates), 5 $ , 5 $ type. Exp. 

 38 mm. 



(50 h) Sylepta crenilinealis, sp. n. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous, the last with slight 

 brown segmental lines except at base ; pectus and legs white, the 

 legs tinged with rufous, the fore femora blackish above, the tibiae 

 with black band at extremity, the tarsi ringed with black ; ventral 

 surface of abdomen white banded with rufous. Fore wing pale 

 rufous ; antemedial line black, obsolescent at costa, oblique and 

 sinuous to submedian fold, incurved at vein 1 and oblique to inner 

 margin ; a small black spot in upper part of middle of cell and 

 elliptical discoidal spot; postmedial line black, crenulate to below 

 vein 3, then retracted to below angle of cell and excurved below 

 submedian fold ; the terminal area darker reddish brown ; cilia with 

 a whitish line at base, the tips dark brown. Hind wing white 

 tinged with rufous, the terminal area pale reddish brown, narrowing 

 to a point at submedian fold ; a small dark spot at lower angle of 

 cell ; postmedial line dark, waved to vein 5, then bent outwards and 

 crenulate to above vein 2, on which it is retracted, then excurved 

 to above tornus ; a black-brown terminal line ; cilia white at base, 

 chequered black-brown and whitish at tips. 



Bab. Dutch N. Guinea, Snow Mts., Oetakwa E. (Meek), 1 $ 

 type. Exp. 40 mm. 



(•31 a) Sylepta grisealis, sp. n. 



6 . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey tinged with brown, a dorsal 

 black patch on anal segment, the anal tuft white with subdorsal 



