2')4: Sir G. F. Ilampson on 



5?pots in end of cell and on discoeellnlars ; an indistinct, 

 dirt'nscd, silvery, suhtcrminal band, incurved below vein 2 ; a 

 silvery terminal line; eiHa pale, with a purple-brown line 

 tlironjijh them. Hind win<i^ golden orange; an almost 

 terminal series of small black-brown spots. 



Hub. AsHANTi, Kumassi [JVIiiteside], 1 J type. Exp. 

 2G mm. 



(1 a.) Pyralis opnalis, sp. n. 



(^ . Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with reddish 

 brown ; legs whitish, the fore tarsi black with whitish rings; 

 abdomen purplish grey, with obscure dark dorsal bands. 

 Fore wing purplish grey irrorated with dark reddish brown ; 

 a dark patch at base of costa ; antemedial line dark brown, 

 expanding into a patch at costa, excurved at median nervure 

 and above inner margin ; some brown points on medial part 

 of costa; a dark discoidal spot; postmedial line expanding 

 into a patch on costa and defined by whitish on outer side, 

 angled inwards below costa, excurved and minutely dentate 

 between veins 5 and 2 ; a terminal series of dark points. 

 Hind wing yellowish white, with some slight dark points on 

 term en. 



Hab. Ceylon (^Mackwood) , 1 S type. E.rp. 12 mm. 



(1 b.) Pyralis costipunctalis, sp. n. 



^ . Fore wing with veins 4, 5 stalked. Head, thorax, and 

 abdomen yellow-brown. Fore wing brown, thickly irrorated 

 with fuscous, leaving the costal area yellowish brown, with a 

 prominent series of black spots on the costa. Hind wing 

 fuscous with a yellowish tinge ; cilia of both wings pale. 



Hab. Borneo, Sandakan {Pryer), 1 ^ type. Exp. 

 16 mm. 



(1 c.) Pyralis jlavimediaHs , sp. n. 



Head pale yellow ; thorax and abdomen purplish red, the 

 latter Avith the last two segments orange ; legs orange ; 

 wings purplish red irrorated with a few white scales. Fore 

 wing Avitli quadrate orange patch on medial costal area, 

 bounded by the sinuous white ante- and postmedial lines, 

 which are approximated below the cell, then obsolescent ; a 

 dark disc(jidal point. Hind wing with two fine, sinuous, 

 medial white lines ; both wings with the termen and cilia 

 orange. 



Hab. Nigeria, Warri {Roth) ; Borgu, Yelwa L. {Migeod), 

 1 J type. Exp. 2(ymm. Type ? in Coll. Rothschild. 



