122 Sir G. F. Ilampson on 



(80 P.) Rhuduneura aiirifcra, sp. n. 



^ . Head and thorax rufous ; portus and hind legs whitish ; 

 abdomen whitish dursally sulYnscd ^ith blank. Fore wing 

 rufous, the inner area tin<;ed with grey, the termen purplish 

 grey, numerous fine bhickish strire forming retieulatious ; a 

 triangular golden-yellow patch from middle of eosta to lower 

 angle of cill, and a similar l)ut less prominent patch tinged 

 witli rufous from a[>ical part of costa to vein 5, the former 

 slightly reticulate, the latter prominently, the grey suffusion 

 extending from termen between the two patches ; cilia white. 

 Hind wing pale rufous with prominent dark striae forming 

 reticulations; an indistinct dark subbasal line; termeu 

 purple-grey; cilia white. 



JJab. Pauaguay, Sapucay (Foster), 1 S type. E.vp. 21 mm. 



(6.) Playiosella 2>ectinifera, sp. n. 



^ . Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous ; wings pale rufous 

 thickly striated with ferruginous. Fore wing with tine ante- 

 medial rufous line excurved below custa, then incurved ; a 

 medial line almost straight on left wing, sinuous on right ; 

 a postmedial line forking above vein 5, one branch reaching 

 inner margin beyond middle, the other sinuous and ending 

 at toriius ; a line across apical area. Hind wing with 

 medial line forking at vein 5, one branch ending on inner 

 margin above tornus, the other on termen below middle ; a 

 sinuous line from costa before apex to termen at vein 2. 

 Hub. SiERiiA Leo.ve [C'eineats), 1 S type. Exp. 4:0 mm, 



Pyralidae. 



E PIP AS CBIAX^. 



Genus Micropascuta, nov. 



Pal[)i u])turned, slender, reaching vertex of head, the third 

 joint short; maxillary palpi filiform; antennae of male with 

 long cilia, a slender process from basal joint fringed on both 

 sides with long hairs and reaching to metathorax; tibiae 

 smoothly scaled. Fore wing very narrow, the termen ob- 

 licjuely curved; vein 2 from near angle of cell; 3, 4, 5 

 stalked ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, 7, 8 bent 

 downwards, and 7 given off long beyond 9 towards termen; 

 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 2 from before angle of 

 cell; 3, 4, 5 stalked; 6, 7 stalked, and 8 anastomosing with 

 them to near apex. 



