25tj Sir G. F. Ilanipson on 



Hah. SiKRRA Leone {Clements), 1 cJ, 2 ? type. Exp., 

 S 14, ? IG mm. 



(16 i) Pyralis edamialis, sp. n. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish ochreous; palpi and 

 fore legs in front fuscous. Fore wing brownisli oclireous 

 tinged with red ; traces of a brownish antemedial line ; a 

 small black discoidal spot; some faint pale points on medial 

 part of costa ; postmedial line indistinct, red, slightly 

 excurved, the terminal area from just beyond it crimson ; a 

 terminal series of black points ; cilia fuscous with a fine 

 pale line at base. Hind wing brownish ocbreous irrorated 

 Avitb fuscous and suftused with reddish especially on terminal 

 area; curved dark ante- and postmedial lines; a terminal 

 series of black points ; cilia fuscous with a line pale Hue 

 at base. 



Hub. Sierra Leone (^Clements), 2 J type; Ashanti, 

 Kumassi [JVhiteside), \ S ,\ ? . E,rp. 16-18 mm. 



(18 a.) Pyralis fiavicapitalis, sp. n. 



^ . Black-brown ; head and extremity of abdomen orange- 

 yellow ; legs yellow in parts. Fore wing vviih fine curved 

 ante medial and slightly sinuous postmedial yellow lines ; the 

 costal area between them yellow with series of black points 

 on costa : a black discoidal point. Hind wing with indistinct, 

 fine, curved, yellow medial line ; both wings wuth fine pale line 

 at base of costa. 



Hab. Sierra Leone [Clements), 2 ^ type. Ewp. 16 mm. 



(19 ff.) Pyralis ancemicalis, sp. n. 



cJ . Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous; fore 

 legs fuscous in front; abdomen ochreous, dorsally irrorated 

 with brown. Fore wing ocbreous tliickly and evenly 

 irrorated with pale rufous; an indistinct pale postmedial 

 line excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved, the area 

 beyond it slightly darker. Hind wing ochreous slightly 

 irrorated w ith brown ; a rather broad terminal more thickly 

 irrorated band. 



Hab. Br. E. Africa, Kikuyu [Crawshay), 1 ^ type. Exp, 

 16 mm. 



(20.) Pyralis lorymalis, sp. n. 



Palpi with the second joint triangularly tufted with hair 

 in front at extremity, tlie third long and acuminate. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen Avhitish suffused with red- 



