202 Mr. W. Warren on new 



XXVIII. — New Genera and Species of Pyralidse, Thyrididae, 

 and Epiplemidse. By W. Wakren, M.A., F.E.S. 



[Concluded from p. 160.] 



Subfamily Htdrocampinje. 

 Genus Ambia, Wlk. 



Ambia conspurcatalis^ sp. n. 



Fore wings greyish fuscous, peppered with dark grey, 

 and towards the hind margin slightly suffused with ferru- 

 ginous ; basal line dark grey, angulated at one third ; exte- 

 rior line at four fifths, sinuous, parallel to hind margin, 

 blackish ; costa whitish beyond first and before and beyond 

 second line ; a narrow white discal lunule ; a ferruginous 

 broad marginal band finely edged internally with black and 

 preceded by a sinuous, swollen, white, curved fascia; fringes 

 ? pale. Hind wings wholly grey, dusted with dark grey atoms, 

 with the two dark lines of the fore wings ; a series of small 

 round black dots at ends of all the veins ; the hind margin 

 finely ferruginous, but without the broad ferruginous band of 

 the fore wings. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey. Under- 

 side paler and duller. 



Expanse of wings 14 millim. 



One female from the Khasias, without abdomen and the 

 fringes worn. 



Ambia alhipunctalis^ sp. n. 



Fore wings dingy cinereous ; first line blackish, edged with 

 paler close to base ; second line before middle parallel to first ; 

 a small silvery-white costal triangle in the centre, the apex 

 touching the linear blackish discal spot, which is edged inter- 

 nally with silvery white; subterminal line shortly before 

 hind margin finely silvery white, edged internally with black, 

 becoming obsolescent below cell, but faintly discernible, 

 curved inwards below middle, and reaching inner margin at 

 two thirds, slightly wavy and blackish ; apex of wing with 

 a black spot edged with white ; fringe concolorous. Hind 

 wings the same, with a double blackish inner line, dark cell- 

 spot, and slightly waved blackish submarginal line, which is 

 double only on inner margin ; fringe preceded by a darker 

 line. Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous. Underside 



