Genera and Species o/" Pyralidge. 499 



Two females from S. Paolo, tlie same size as the two 

 North- American species siatalis and olwah's, Grote. 



Htpsopygia, Hub. 

 Type Hypsopygia glaucinalisj Linn. {Pyralis). 



Hypsojyygia sericea^ sp. n. 



Fore wing pale fuscous, glossy, rather transparent ; the 

 costa reddish brown to the apex, dotted between the two 

 transverse lines with yellowish ; these likewise are reddish 

 brown, the first slightly curved outwards, tlie second straight, 

 followed immediately by a paler space, wliich scarcely forms 

 a pale line; a red- brown cellular dot; frniges unicolorous, 

 with a very fine basal line. Hind wing paler, silky grey, 

 with both lines reproduced, grey-brown, nearly meeting on 

 the inner margin. Abdomen concolorous with hind wing, 

 head and thorax with fore wing; antenna3 with very fine 

 long ciliations ; tegulaj prolonged. Underside of body 

 reddish fuscous : underside of wings darker than upper ; 

 with the outer line distinct in both, followed by a paler space. 



One male, Darjiling. 



Resembles glaucinalis in size, but smoother and more silky. 



Hypsopygia japonicay sp. n. 



Akin to Hypsopygia placensj Butler, also from Japan, but of 

 quite a different colour ; whereas that species is bright pale 

 pink, with the markings and fringes bright yellow, the present 

 species is dull pinkish cinereous, so much suffused with grey 

 as almost to lose all the pink tinge ; the two curved lines 

 just paler, much nearer to one another on both wings, and 

 with the intermediate space darker ; fringes dull yellow, with 

 the basal line and extreme hind margin dull reddisii ; head, 

 thorax, and abdomen concolorous. Underside dull grey, 

 with a reddish tint ; the costal dots and base of the fasciae 

 showing paler. Hind wing with a single central curved 

 dark line, edged externally with paler. 



Expanse of wings 24 millim. 



One male from Japan. 



Galasa, Walker. 

 Type G. rubidana, Wlk. xxxv. p. 1H02. 



