

Pyralidse of the Subfamily Pyraustinre. 269 



the Bore Femora above and tibia at extremities suffused with brown. 

 Fore wing white tinged with brownish ochreous, the una before 

 the postmedial line and the terminal area suffused with brownish 

 ochreous; a narrow brownish ochreous discoidal lunula; postmedial 

 line rather diffused brownish ochreous defined on outer side by 

 white. Blightly waved, incurved below rein I : cilia with a scries of 

 brownish liars near base. Hind wing white tinged with brownish 

 ochreous, the area before the postmedial line and the terminal area 

 suffused with brownish ochreous; postmedial line rather diffused 

 brownish ochreous, bent nut wards and slightly waved between 

 reins 5 and 2; cilia with a series of brownish bars near base to 

 vein 2. 



Hob. D'Entrecasteaux Is., Fergusson I. {Meek), 1 6 type. 

 Exp. 30 mm. 



(80 a) Sylepta euryterminalis, sp. n. 



<3 • Head, thorax, and abdomen pale yellow, the shoulders with 

 red-brown stripes, the abdomen tinged with red-brown except at 

 base ; antennas cupreous brown ; palpi yellowish white, the 2nd 

 joint above obliquely, and the 3rd joint dark brown ; pectus, legs, 

 and ventral surface of abdomen yellowish white, the fore tibiae with 

 brown spot near extremity. Fore wing yellow, the costal area pale 

 red-brown to the postmedial line, the terminal area broadly red- 

 brown ; antemedial line pale rufous, excurved to vein 1 and incurved 

 above inner margin ; a small dark reddish brown spot in middle of 

 cell and oblique discoidal bar; postmedial line dark reddish brown, 

 rather diffused, excurved between veins 5 and 2, then retracted 

 upwards to angle of cell and oblique and sinuous to inner margin, a 

 yellow patch beyond it from costa to vein 6. Hind wing yellow ; 

 a rather diffused reddish brown line from upper angle of cell to 

 above inner margin, rather dilated at end of cell ; postmedial line 

 strong, dark reddish brown, arising below costa, excurved from 

 vein 5 to 2, where it terminates ; the terminal area red-brown, its 

 inner edge oblique to vein 2 near termen, then dilated into a patch 

 in submedian interspace touching the postmedial line and not 

 extending below vein 1 ; cilia red-brown except towards tornus. 

 Hub. Formosa, Kanshirei (Wileman), 1 <3 type. 2ftrp.32mm, 



(86 a) Sylcj)ta rogationis, sp. n. 



Head white, the antenna red-brown with a white sjx>t on basal 

 joint, the frons tinged with red-brown, the palpi red-brown, white 

 in front at base ; thorax pale red-brown mixed with some white ; 

 abdomen white tinged with pale red-brown ; pectus, legs, and 

 ventral surface of abdomen white, the fore coxae, femora, and tibiae 

 suffused with red-brown. Fore wing yellowish white, the costal 

 area to the postmedial line, the inner margin except towards base, 

 and the terminal area red-brown ; a diffused incurved red-brown 

 subbasal line ; antemedial line red-brown, oblique to median 



