HYPSOPYGIA. PYEALIS. 149 



4519. Hypsopygia postflava, Hmpsn. III. Het. ix, p. 159, pi. 171, 



fig. 22. 



Differs from mauritialis in being very dark purple ; the vertex 

 of head concolorous ; the terminal four segments of abdomen 

 bright yellow. 



Hab. Bhutan; Margharita, Assam; Ceylon. Exp. 18 millim. 



4520. Hypsopygia regina, Butl A. M. N. H. (5) iv, p. 452. 



2 Dark purplish fuscous. Fore wing with traces of curved dark 

 antemedial line and of postmedial line arising from an orange costal 

 spot ; some yellow specks on medial part of costa. Hind wing 

 bright pink irrorated with fuscous ; the marginal area suffused 

 with fuscous ; sinuous antemedial and medial orange lines slightly 

 outlined with black ; cilia of both wings bright golden yellow. 



The Ganjam specimen is dark with no red on hind wing and the 

 cilia dusky. 



Hab. Japan ; Aska, Ganjam ; Rangoon. Exp. 16 millim. 



4521. Hypsopygia olivalis, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (6) xvi, p. 301. 



$ . Head and thorax olive-green irrorated with black ; abdomen 

 fuscous irrorated with black, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing 

 olive-green irrorated with black; a pale sinuous antemedial line 

 with black outer edge ; a similar postmedial line incurved below 

 vein 5 ; a black discocellular spot ; some pale specks on medial 

 part of costa; a marginal series of black specks. Hind wing 

 fuscous, with curved dark postmedial line. 



Hah. Mahableshwar. Exp. 20 millim. 



Genus PYRALIS. 



Pyralis, Linn. Syst. Nat. xii, p. 881 (1767). 

 Asopia, Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. vi, 2, p. 316 (1828). 

 Sacatia, Wlk. Cat. xxvii, p. 123 (1863). 

 Eutrichodes, Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) vii, p. 498. 



Type, P. farinalis. Linn., from Europe. 



Range. Universally distributed. 



Palpi upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with hair in front and 

 reaching vertex of head, the 3rd of moderate length ; maxillary 

 palpi filiform ; antennae of male ciliated ; tibiae moderately hairy. 

 Fore wing with the apex rounded ; vein 3 from before angle of 

 cell ; 4, 5 usually stalked ; 7 given off from 8 before 9 ; 10, 11 

 free. Hind wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 and 

 6, 7 stalked. 



SECT. I. Veins 4, 5 of fore wing approximated for a short 

 distance. 



4522. Pyralis recisalis, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 866 ; C. $ S. no. 4463. 

 Pale reddish brown slightly suffused with fuscous. Fore wing 



